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Drawing, Cloudy Skies, 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 oil and graphite on paperboard. 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

25.1 × 28.7 cm (9 7/8 × 11 5/16 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in black oil, lower right: Jamaica / Aug 65; in graphite, matte lower center: Blue Mtns.; in graphite, verso lower center: Presented 1917 / by Mr. LP Church 416

Cite this object as

Drawing, Cloudy Skies, Jamaica; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; oil and graphite on paperboard; 25.1 × 28.7 cm (9 7/8 × 11 5/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-409-a

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