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Drawing, Wild Sugar Cane, Jamaica, August 1865

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 over graphite on orange 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

28.7 × 30.3 cm (11 5/16 × 11 15/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, verso lower center, L.457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in black oil, lower right: Jamaica / AUG 65

Cite this object as

Drawing, Wild Sugar Cane, Jamaica, August 1865; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; oil over graphite on orange paperboard; 28.7 × 30.3 cm (11 5/16 × 11 15/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-677

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