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1917

  • We acquired this object.

2002

2024

Drawing, Study of Tree Trunk, Jamaica

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 brush and oil, graphite on thin cardboard. 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

30.7 × 17.3 cm (12 1/16 × 6 13/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in brush and brown oil paint, lower right: Jamaica / June 65

Cite this object as

Drawing, Study of Tree Trunk, Jamaica; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; brush and oil, graphite on thin cardboard; 30.7 × 17.3 cm (12 1/16 × 6 13/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-678-c

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