Cloud Sketches
date: label: Date
content: 1875–1880
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Atmosphere sketches showing two views of cloudy skies. At left, several bands of loosely rendered, puffy clouds are stacked on top of each other. At right and oriented to the right, a view of puffy and wispy clouds above a mountainous landscape at sunset is included. A large mountain is visible on the horizon beside a dotted arch that likely represents the sun's twilight glow.
label: Description
content: Verso: Architecture and atmosphere sketches showing three views of rooftops, windows, and a suspension bridge with two views of cloud-filled skies, viewed in and around New York City. At upper left, possibly two windows or two doors are hastily rendered. At center right, three rooftops with chimneys are loosely drawn. Finally, at lower right, two views of a suspension bridge under construction--very likely the Brooklyn Bridge--are included. In the uppermost view, four towers are shown with suspension lines between them and, at below it, one side of the bridge with complete suspension lines is visible.
place: label: made in
content: New York, New York, USA
label: place depicted
content: New York, 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: 1917-4-1522
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 white wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 17.7 × 22.5 cm (6 15/16 × 8 7/8 in.)