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Drawing, Clouds at Sunset, Jamaica

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

12.3 × 22 cm (4 13/16 × 8 11/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamp in black ink, lower left (Lugt 457c): Museum for the Arts of Decoration Cooper Union

Cite this object as

Drawing, Clouds at Sunset, Jamaica; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; brush and gouache, graphite on brown paper; 12.3 × 22 cm (4 13/16 × 8 11/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-387-b

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