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Drawing, View from Galloway Hill, Jamaica

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated August 1865 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on grey wove paper; verso: graphite. 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

11.5 × 20 cm (4 1/2 × 7 7/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, lower left: Jamaica / From Galloway Hill / Aug /65; in graphite, verso upper left: 31/ Mon - Aug 7 - / /24 / 6 / /30; in graphite, verso upper center: [two partial FEC monograms]; in graphite, upper right: S M T W T F S / 7 8 9 10 11 12 / 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 / 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 / 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 / 3 4 5 6; in graphite, lower center: 51 2 3 3 3 3 2 got / 60 5 not

Cite this object as

Drawing, View from Galloway Hill, Jamaica; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Jamaica; graphite on grey wove paper; verso: graphite; 11.5 × 20 cm (4 1/2 × 7 7/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-208

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