Fern Hunting Among These Picturesque Mountains: Frederic Edwin Church in Jamaica

by Katherine E. Manthorne and Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser

In 1865, the American landscape painter Frederic Edwin Church and his wife, Isabel, traveled to Jamaica on a sojourn of recovery after the tragic deaths of their two young children Herbert and Emma. A time to mourn and escape from the constant reminders found at their home, Olana, the Churches' trip to Jamaica also provided ample inspiration for Frederic.The Olana Collection includes eight oil sketches, an ink drawing, and a pencil drawing Church...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801449200
• ISBN13: 9780801449208
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.8" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher