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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2025

Drawing, Houses, Jamaica

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated May–August 1865 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on dark 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

27.5 × 38 cm (10 13/16 × 14 15/16 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, lower right: Jamaica

Cite this object as

Drawing, Houses, Jamaica; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Jamaica; graphite on dark grey-green wove paper; 27.5 × 38 cm (10 13/16 × 14 15/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-607-a

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