Rain over the Catskills, Hudson, New York
date: label: Date
content: possibly July 1866
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape sketch showing a view of a sunset over the Catskill Mountains with nearby rain clouds, as seen from Church's property near Hudson, New York. Rugged peaks of the Catskill Escarpment--specifically Acra Point and Windham High Peak--comprise the horizon near the lower margin at center and left. Above, layers of clouds are brightly illuminated by the light of the setting sun, which has sunk behind the mountains. Above, loosely-rendered storm clouds hang in the sky.
label: Description
content: Verso: Landscape sketch showing a portion of a panoramic view of West Point and the Hudson River, as seen from the estate of railroad tycoon William H. Osborn, known as Castle Rock, in Garrison, New York. Being the first part of this panorama, this leaf does not feature the military academy or the river, but instead the several nearby overlapping mountain ranges that extend to the horizon. The undulating hills descend to the right, ultimately to the shores of the Hudson--out of view here.
place: label: made in
content: Hudson, New York, USA
label: place depicted
content: 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: 1917-4-1447
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 tan wove paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 11.8 × 21.7 cm (4 5/8 × 8 9/16 in.)