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Trail Embankment, Jamaica

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Landscape sketch showing the illuminated embankment of a trail in the Jamaican jungle. Green foliage overhangs an embankment of red clay at left, which is also comprised of rocks and boulders. Below, the light of the sun illuminates the clay of the path in a peach/pink-cream color. Study of play of light and shadow.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Artist
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
Date
June 1865
Credit Line
Gift of Louis P. Church
Medium
Oil and graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
22.3 × 26.7 cm (8 3/4 × 10 1/2 in.)
Type
landscapes
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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