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Painting, Wild Sugar Cane, Jamaica

This is a Painting. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated 1865 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite, brush and oil on thin paperboard with orange backing 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

28.7 x 30.3 cm (11 5/16 x 11 15/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Verso: in center: Museum for the Arts of Decoration Cooper-Union [Lugt 457d]

It is inscribed

In black, lower right: Jamaica/Aug 65

Cite this object as

Painting, Wild Sugar Cane, Jamaica; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite, brush and oil on thin paperboard with orange backing paper; 28.7 x 30.3 cm (11 5/16 x 11 15/16 in.) ; Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-677

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