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Drawing, Tree with Vines, Jamaica

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 brush and oil paint, graphite on paperboard; 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

30.4 × 23 cm (11 15/16 × 9 1/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in black oil, lower left: Jamaica / MAY - 65

Cite this object as

Drawing, Tree with Vines, Jamaica; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; brush and oil paint, graphite on paperboard; verso: graphite; 30.4 × 23 cm (11 15/16 × 9 1/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-342-a

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Rooms with a View: Landscape & Wallpaper.

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