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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

Drawing, Sunset, Jamaica

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated June 12, 1865 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite and white gouache 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 × 19.5 cm (4 1/2 × 7 11/16 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper right: grey; in graphite, center: grey dark / purplish; in graphite, lower right: June 12th 1865 / Jamaica

Cite this object as

Drawing, Sunset, Jamaica; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite and white gouache on gray wove paper; 11.5 × 19.5 cm (4 1/2 × 7 11/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-982-c

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