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1917

  • We acquired this object.

1970

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2025

Drawing, Mountainous Landscape, Jamaica

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

24.7 × 39.2 cm (9 3/4 × 15 7/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in brown ink, verso center: L.457e; in black ink, verso lower center: L.457c

It is inscribed

Inscribed in brown oil paint, lower right: Jamaica / May 65; in graphite, mat lower right: Area near Mt. Diablo

Cite this object as

Drawing, Mountainous Landscape, Jamaica; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; brush and oil, graphite on paperboard; 24.7 × 39.2 cm (9 3/4 × 15 7/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-354-b

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