Artist:

Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900  Search this

Medium:

Graphite on gray wove paper

Dimensions:

11.5 × 19.7 cm (4 1/2 × 7 3/4 in.)

Type:

landscapes

Drawing

Object Name:

Drawing

Made in:

Bloxburgh, Jamaica

Place depicted:

Bloxburgh, Jamaica

Date:

August 1865

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Landscape sketch showing a view of the ocean and mountainous coastline near Bloxburgh, Jamaica. In foreground and middle distance, mountain ridges steeply descend into ravines as they slope toward the sea. In middle distance at left, the shoreline and ocean are visible. Throughout the composition, billowing clouds move across and above the mountains.

Credit Line:

Gift of Louis P. Church

Accession Number:

1917-4-977-a

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq49f97e1cb-d9c8-4437-afbd-841371ea8bfa

EDAN-URL:

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