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Drawing, View from Mount Salus, 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 graphite on tan 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

24 × 30.7 cm (9 7/16 × 12 1/16 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper left: blue / 3 / 3 / 3 3; in graphite, upper right: 3; in graphite, center: 4 4 / 5 / 2 2 2 2 2 / 6 / 6 / 6; in graphite, lower left: Mt. Salus / June 1865; in graphite, lower center: 2 - Delicious soft brown glow / 3 - soft orange light / 4 - Delicate grey, flowing into / 5 - More purple and a little deeper / 6 - Delicious rich strong lively green

Cite this object as

Drawing, View from Mount Salus, Jamaica; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Jamaica; graphite on tan wove paper; 24 × 30.7 cm (9 7/16 × 12 1/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-374

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