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Drawing, Coconut Palm

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated 1853–57 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is brush and oil on 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

28 × 20.6 cm (11 in. × 8 1/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, mat lower center: Coconut Palm / This might be a study made / in S. America in 1857 or even / earlier--in 1853. Church / used this kind of paper / then and not, I believe, / in 1865. D.C.H.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Coconut Palm; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Jamaica; brush and oil on wove paper; 28 × 20.6 cm (11 in. × 8 1/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-747

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