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Drawing, A Lizard, Jamaica

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated June 1865 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is brush and oil on 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

30.5 × 15.5 cm (12 × 6 1/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in brush and black oil paint, lower left: Jamaica / June 65; inscribed in graphite on verso: 25

Cite this object as

Drawing, A Lizard, Jamaica; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; brush and oil on paperboard; 30.5 × 15.5 cm (12 × 6 1/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-712-b

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