Theodore Cole Observing his Toy Sailboat, Catskill, New York
date: label: Date
content: October 1844
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Figure and landscape sketch showing Thomas Cole's son, Theodore (also known as Teddy), kneeling beside a river or stream as his observes his toy sailboat floating by. With his form reflected in the water below, Theodore has a contented expression as he wears a straw hat and rests his head on his hand. In the middle distance at left, a twisted tree and its branches arch over the boy, neatly framing him. In the background at right, the distant Catskill Escarpment is outlined along the horizon.
place: label: made in
content: Catskill, New York, USA
label: place depicted
content: Catskill, New York, USA
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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: 1917-4-1434
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on white wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 18.8 × 11.9 cm (7 3/8 × 4 11/16 in.)