The Red Hills near Kingston, Jamaica
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
May–September 1865
Classification
landscapes
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Louis P. Church
Accession Number
1917-4-385-a
About this artwork
Landscape sketch with high level of finish showing view of a cultivated valley in the Red Hills near Kingston, Jamaica. In foreground, mixed foliage frames the view of a valley with several distinct farms or pastures. In the middle distance, the reddish brown ridges of the Red Hills constitute the primary focus. In the background, taller mountains are shrouded beneath dark storm clouds, which begin to precipitate at left.