Sketches of Tree and Roots, Catskill, New York
date: label: Date
content: September 1844
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Botanical sketches from Catskill, New York, showing views of a tree with a lush canopy at left, and, at right and oppositely oriented, twisting, contorted tree roots.
label: Description
content: Verso: Figure sketch of Thomas Cole's son, Theodore, in Catskill, New York. The young boy faces the artist/viewer as he wears at hat, a shirt or apron with broad sleeves, and plaid pants (according to the inscription). His hands are clasped over his lower torso.
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: 1917-4-1268
objectType: label: Type
content: nature studies
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.)