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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

Drawing, Shoreline and Mountains near Bloxburgh, 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 × 19.7 cm (4 1/2 × 7 3/4 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper center: 3 3; in graphite, upper right: 4; in graphite, center left: 4 2; in graphite, center: 2 / 4 / red / red; in graphite, lower left: Bloxburgh / Jamaica / Aug /65; in graphite, lower center: 4 brown clouds / darker than sky lighter / than near sea; in graphite, lower right: 2 sea near land / rich deep blue / 3 - clear blue sky / and clouds with golden / lights and blue shadows

Cite this object as

Drawing, Shoreline and Mountains near Bloxburgh, Jamaica; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on gray wove paper; 11.5 × 19.7 cm (4 1/2 × 7 3/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-977-a

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