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Blue Mountains and Gray Clouds, Jamaica

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Landscape sketch showing a view of successively taller ridges and slopes in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica. Illuminated areas of the landscape are rendered in hues of brown and green, while shaded areas take on a purple tint. Sky above mostly gray and cloudy with patch of blue at upper right.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Artist
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
Date
May–September 1865
Credit Line
Gift of Louis P. Church
Medium
Oil and graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
18.9 × 22.1 cm (7 7/16 × 8 11/16 in.)
Type
landscapes
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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