Steep Hillside, Jamaica
date: label: Date
content: July 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 looking upward at a wooded hillside, pyramidal in shape. Foliage on slope a mix of green and brown, evidencing drought that was afflicting Jamaica at the time. At left, a smoldering fire scars the landscape--likely evidence of land clearing efforts or the charcoal production industry.
place: label: place depicted
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: 1917-4-352-b
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: 30.3 × 24.5 cm (11 15/16 × 9 5/8 in.)