Theodore Cole Leaning on a Sack, Catskill, New York
date: label: Date
content: August 1844 and June 1845
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Figure sketch showing a young boy--almost certainly Thomas Cole's son, Theodore--leaning forward and resting his hands on a filled sack with unknown contents. Viewed in profile, he wears a brimmed hat and an apron or robe over his trousers. At upper right, a sketch of his hat is included.
label: Description
content: Verso: Sketches showing three views of a calf, likely at Thomas Cole's home in Catskill, New York, known as Cedar Grove. At center, the head and neck of a calf is viewed in left profile, while another drawing of it lying down and shown from behind is situated at right. At upper left, another, similar sketch of the lying calf is partially rendered in outline.
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1917-4-998-c
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing
label: Type
content: drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite white wove paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 11.9 × 18.8 cm (4 11/16 × 7 3/8 in.)