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Drawing, Mountains and Clouds, Jamaica, May 1865

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated May 1865 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite and white gouache on grey 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

11.5 × 19.6 cm (4 1/2 × 7 11/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, lower left, L.457c; in black ink, verso center, L.457d; in brown ink, verso center, L.457e

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper center: blue; in graphite, upper left: 3 / 3: in graphite, center: 2 / 2; in graphite, center right: 3; in graphite, lower right: Jamaica May /65 / 2 - Purple blue brown comp / with sky / 3 - smoky light tint / soft flowing clouds

Cite this object as

Drawing, Mountains and Clouds, Jamaica, May 1865; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite and white gouache on grey wove paper; 11.5 × 19.6 cm (4 1/2 × 7 11/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-338

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