View of the Palisadoes near Kingston, 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 expansive view of the Palisadoes near Kingston, Jamaica. In foreground, dark, wooded ridgeline descends from right to left. In middle distance, the narrow tombolo of sand known as the Palisadoes extends into the horizon, with the Kingston harbor at right. Coastline west of Kingston visible in the background at right. Sky and water alike rendered in delicate, hazy tones of orange and green.
place: label: place depicted
content: Jamaica
label: made in
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: 1917-4-394-b
objectType: label: Type
content: seascapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and oil, graphite on paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 30.6 × 25.9 cm (12 1/16 × 10 3/16 in.)