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Drawing, Moonlight Bamboo and Figure Sketches, Kingston, 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 graphite on gray 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

11.5 × 19.8 cm (4 1/2 × 7 13/16 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, lower left: Jamaica / July 65 / Moonlight / Bamboos; in graphite, upper right: 2 - Brilliant / 2; in graphite, lower right: 2 / 3 / 2 Maroon dark / 3 White / Kingston

Cite this object as

Drawing, Moonlight Bamboo and Figure Sketches, Kingston, Jamaica; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on gray wove paper; 11.5 × 19.8 cm (4 1/2 × 7 13/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-684

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