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Drawing, Hillside and Cloudy Sky, 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 and graphite on 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

11.4 × 35.1 cm (4 1/2 × 13 13/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, verso center left, L.457d; in brown ink, verso center, L.457e; in black ink, verso center right, L.457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in black oil paint, lower right: Jamaica / July /65; in graphite, verso lower center: Presented 1917 / by Mr. LP Church 361

Cite this object as

Drawing, Hillside and Cloudy Sky, Jamaica; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; oil and graphite on paperboard; 11.4 × 35.1 cm (4 1/2 × 13 13/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-356-b

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