Mountains and Ridges, 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 an elevated view of rugged mountains in Jamaica that extend to a distant horizon. In the foreground, a nearby hill at left descends towards the center, where it meets another, shorter prominence at right. Tall, jagged mountains stretch from the middle distance to the horizon, positioned near the composition's upper margin.
label: Description
content: Verso: Partial landscape sketch of a palm tree and part of a sunset, hastily drawn. Scene appears to be cutoff at right, and is likely part of a panorama.
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: 1917-4-603-a
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on gray wove paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 11.5 × 19.4 cm (4 1/2 × 7 5/8 in.)