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Drawing, Botanical Sketch of Ferns, 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 graphite on gray 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
11.5 × 19.8 cm (4 1/2 × 7 13/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Stamped: in black ink, verso center, L.457d
It is inscribed
Inscribed: in graphite, upper cetner: Grows of great size (six feet long) Stems / Rich dark green; in graphite, upper right: rich sienna & yellowish / near root madder brown / Underside of leaf / with seed leathery from / without - pale green; in graphite, lower left: Jamaica / Flamstead / Aug /65; in graphite, lower right: [struck out: This fern is referred to in / previous leaf as turning silver grey / when dead and flashing blue and silver / in sunlight]
Cite this object as
Drawing, Botanical Sketch of Ferns, Jamaica; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on gray wove paper; 11.5 × 19.8 cm (4 1/2 × 7 13/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-431-b
