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Drawing, Strangler Fig and its Host, 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

30.6 × 24.1 cm (12 1/16 × 9 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped: in black ink, center, L.457c

It is inscribed

Inscribed: in graphite, upper center: cactus / Ants / nest / original tree; in graphite, lower right: Parasite / Jamaica June / 1865; in graphite, verso center: strangler fig

Cite this object as

Drawing, Strangler Fig and its Host, Jamaica; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Jamaica; graphite on tan wove paper; 30.6 × 24.1 cm (12 1/16 × 9 1/2 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-6-b

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