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Drawing, View of Blue Mountain Peak near Salloway Hill, Jamaica, July 1865

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 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

27 × 44.4 cm (10 5/8 × 17 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, lower left, L.457c

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, lower center: Blue Mountain Peak; in graphite, lower right: Dead ferns / whitish silver trees / Near Salloway Hill / July /65 / Jamaica; in grpahite, verso center: view looking East

Cite this object as

Drawing, View of Blue Mountain Peak near Salloway Hill, Jamaica, July 1865; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Jamaica; graphite on grey-green wove paper; 27 × 44.4 cm (10 5/8 × 17 1/2 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-392-b

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