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Drawing, Study. "Cocoanut Palm Jamaica", West Indies, June 1865

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated June 1865 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on gray-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

27.3 × 22.1 cm (10 3/4 × 8 11/16 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, lower right: The coil (coir) or wrapping greyish brown / yellow brown highlights / Cocoanut Palm / Jamaica June /65; verso upper left: Tom Cringle's Log / The Cruise of the Midge; verso upper right: Michael Scott / about Jamaica

Cite this object as

Drawing, Study. "Cocoanut Palm Jamaica", West Indies, June 1865; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Jamaica; graphite on gray-green wove paper; 27.3 × 22.1 cm (10 3/4 × 8 11/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-5

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