Drawing, Botanical Studies, 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 wove paper; 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

11.5 × 19.9 cm (4 1/2 × 7 13/16 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper right: gold colored moss / leaves pure / silver underneath / upper leaves whitish / at top lower / rich green; in graphite, lower left: Flower stalks / polished bronze / green almost black / Interior of plant / pale yellow green / Termination of leaves / Bronze brown; in graphite, lower center: resembles / silcanthus / Jamaica /July /65; in graphite, verso upper left: cool purple / laky; in graphite, verso upper right: dullish blue yel & red; in graphite, verso center left: open sky / grey / gold; in graphite, verso center right: Top of sky in / next page

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