Sunset over the Hudson River Valley, Hudson, New York
date: label: Date
content: June 14, 1870
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 the sunset over the Hudson River Valley, as seen from Church's property near Hudson, New York. On a gently sloping hill in the foreground, an evergreen tree is visible at right. In the middle distance at left, the waters of the Hudson River--or possibly a lower, rolling landscape--are visible. Above, numerous wispy clouds are variously illuminated.
label: Description
content: Verso: Landcape sketch showing a loosely rendered view of a distant, rugged mountain range--likely the Catskills seen from Church's property near Hudson, New York. In the distance, the undulating ridges overlap one another while sketchy suggestions of clouds hang above.
place: label: made in
content: Hudson, New York, USA
label: place depicted
content: Hudson, 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: 1917-4-1104
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on gray-green laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 12.5 × 17.5 cm (4 15/16 × 6 7/8 in.)