Sunset over the Hudson River, Hudson, New York
date: label: Date
content: July 19, 1866
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape and atmosphere sketch showing a view of a vibrant and mixed sunset above the mountainous terrain of the Hudson River Valley, as seen from the artist's property near Hudson, New York. Along the lower margin, the rugged contour of the Catskills is visible above faint striations that suggest the Hudson River. Above, the sky is filled with a diverse, layered mixture of puffy and hazy clouds that are lit by the setting sun as they extend over the horizon.
label: Description
content: Verso: Landscape sketch showing a view of the crescent moon over the Hudson River Valley, looking southwest from the artist's property near Hudson, New York. In the foreground, a grove of trees on a nearby hill gives way to a dark wooded landscape in the middle distance, beyond which, the waters of the Hudson River are visible. Along the horizon at right, the southern end of the Catskill Escarpment is shown. Above, the crescent luminously glows and illuminates the cloud around it.
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: 1917-4-692
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: 11.9 × 21.8 cm (4 11/16 × 8 9/16 in.)