Kingston Harbor from Galloway Hill, Jamaica
date: label: Date
content: May–September 1865
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape sketch showing a view of Kingston harbor and the Jamaican coastline from the estate known as Galloway Hill, where Church and wife stayed during their time in Jamaica. In the foreground, some greenery and the perimeter fence of the estate's courtyard is visible. Notably, a white rectangular pillar with a sphere situated on its pyramidal top and a wooden lattice fence are shown at right, with the fronds of a palm tree arching overhead. Across a loosely rendered, mountainous expanse in the middle distance, the curving shoreline of the Kingston harbor is shown at center. Visible in the harbor at left, multiple masted ships are anchored around the town of Port Royal, located at the tip of the Palisadoes--a thin tombolo of sand that extends out of frame at left. In the background at right, the rugged coastline of Jamaica curves out of view and into the distance. Above, gray, low-lying clouds fill the sky, turning it a dark shade of gray-blue.
place: label: made in
content: Jamaica
label: place depicted
content: Jamaica
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Louis P. Church
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1917-4-453
objectType: label: Type
content: seascapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Oil and graphite on paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 27.6 × 44 cm (10 7/8 × 17 5/16 in.)