A Country Estate, 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 and architecture sketch showing view of country estate in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica, likely the home of English governor, John Edward Eyre, known as Flamstead. Estate characterized by white-walled structures, central courtyard, and bilateral symmetry. A palm tree frames the scene at left. View beyond of the deep red sky at sunset over a mountainous landscape.
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: 1917-4-283
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
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: 14.2 × 30.4 cm (5 9/16 × 11 15/16 in.)