Sketches of Clouds and Rain, Catskill, New York
date: label: Date
content: August and October 1844
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Atmosphere sketch showing views of clouds and rain in/over Catskill, New York. At upper left, a group of partially shaded, billowing clouds unleash rain in streaks upon the land below. At left, upper right, and lower right, three sketches of puffy clouds, variously illuminated, are included.
label: Description
content: Verso: Figure sketches from Catskill, New York, showing a seated bull in left profile who faces the viewer, and, at upper right and oriented to the right. a standing man viewed from behind. With his left arm resting on his hip, he leans into a tall pole held in his right hand.
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: 1917-4-1292
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 off-white wove paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 25.7 × 38.7 cm (10 1/8 × 15 1/4 in.)