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Drawing, Old Windmill, Jamaica

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated July 1865 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite and white gouache on grey-green wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Louis P. Church. It is credited Gift of Louis P. Church.

Its dimensions are

44.1 × 26.7 cm (17 3/8 × 10 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, center right, L.457c; in brown ink, verso center, L.457e

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, bottom right: 30 to 40 feet high / Old Wind (Breeze) Mill / Jamaica - July /65

Cite this object as

Drawing, Old Windmill, Jamaica; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Jamaica; graphite and white gouache on grey-green wove paper; 44.1 × 26.7 cm (17 3/8 × 10 1/2 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-14

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