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Among the Blue Mountains, Jamaica

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Artist
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Landscape sketch showing the expansive, rugged topography of the Blue Mountains in Jamaica. Shaded, sloping ridge at left gives way to lower elevation ridges and hillsides that extend into the distance. Blue Mountain Peak visible in background at left. Sky is mostly concealed behind gray and white puffy clouds.
Credit Line
Gift of Louis P. Church
July 1865
Accession Number
1917-4-680-a
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
landscapes
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Oil and graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
19.9 × 27.9 cm (7 13/16 × 11 in.)
made in
Jamaica
place depicted
Jamaica
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Record ID
chndm_1917-4-680-a
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq476855e11-605a-4958-87fa-2b9b100c8251

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