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Drawing, Bird and Hillside with Fire, 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 oil on tan 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

11.7 × 14.9 cm (4 5/8 × 5 7/8 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in black oil, lower right: Jamaica / July 65; in graphite, mat lower right: charcoal burning; in graphite, verso lower left: Presented 1917 / by Mr. LP Church 355

Cite this object as

Drawing, Bird and Hillside with Fire, Jamaica; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; oil on tan paperboard; 11.7 × 14.9 cm (4 5/8 × 5 7/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-356-a

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