MOUNTAIN AND PLANTS, BLOXBURGH, JAMAICA
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Mountain and Plants, Bloxburgh, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900)

August 1865

Medium
Graphite on gray wove paper
Classification
Drawings
Dimensions
11.5 × 19.7 cm (4 1/2 × 7 3/4 in.)
Culture
Jamaica
Museum
Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Credit line
Gift of Louis P. Church
Rights
CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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About this work

Landscape sketch of a tall mountain peak in Jamaica. Positioned at center, the mountain is characterized by a rugged, triangular peak, flanked by a rounded sub-peak at right, and a lower ridge at left. In the foreground at right, two sketches of plants with many leaves are visible.