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Drawing, Hillsides, 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 brush and oil paint, graphite 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

19 × 15.2 cm (7 1/2 × 6 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in brush and oil paint, lower left: Jamaica / July / –65

Cite this object as

Drawing, Hillsides, Jamaica; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; brush and oil paint, graphite on paperboard; 19 × 15.2 cm (7 1/2 × 6 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-673-b

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