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Drawing, Sunset, Jamaica

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 and white gouache on 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

27.2 × 44.4 cm (10 11/16 × 17 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper left: cool blue grey / Delicate glow / warm / lost; in graphite, upper center: reflected pink or / 4 / 2 / 4 / 4 / 4; in graphite, center: 7 / 5 / purp / 8 / blue / brown green; in graphite, center right: orange red / gold streaks / 6 / 7 / glow / 8; in graphite, lower center: Mango silver edged / Sun set / Jamaica July /65 FC; in graphite, lower right: 2 - silver grey light / 4 - steel purp dark / 5 - purp - / 6 - warm purp / 7 - laky golden purp ice / 8 - lovely laky reflection / from above

Cite this object as

Drawing, Sunset, Jamaica; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite and white gouache on grey-green wove paper; 27.2 × 44.4 cm (10 11/16 × 17 1/2 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-690

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