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Object Timeline

1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

Drawing, Drawing. Sketches. Sky, Jamaica, West Indies. Similar to -338. A, B. Views of the Blue Mountain. C. Coast and Sky.

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 and white gouache on light green 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

27.2 × 44.1 cm (10 11/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, lower center: Blue Mtn Peak / (Two)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Drawing. Sketches. Sky, Jamaica, West Indies. Similar to -338. A, B. Views of the Blue Mountain. C. Coast and Sky.; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite and white gouache on light green wove paper; 27.2 × 44.1 cm (10 11/16 × 17 3/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-392-a

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