Imaginary South American Landscape
date: label: Date
content: 1857–75
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape sketch showing an imagined view of a sunset over generalized South American terrain. A single-arched bridge spans a river in the foreground at lower center. A figure in red clothing traverses the bridge just above the arch, while another figure is visible on the path at right. In the lower left corner, two tall palm trees frame the view as other plants grow around their bases and lower trunks. In the middle distance at center, a ruinous tower is situated atop a small prominence partially covered in trees and bounded by the river at right. On the opposite bank at right, a single tree is visible among other indistinct foliage. In the background, the sun illuminates the sky and clouds around it in fiery shades of orange and yellow as it begins to set behind a range of sharp mountains. Another pair of sharp mountains is visible along the horizon at right. In the sky above, wispy banks of clouds are illuminated in warm hues of orange, purple, and reddish brown as they encircle an opening that reveals the clear, blue-green sky behind.
place: label: made in
content: USA
label: place depicted
content: South America
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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: 1917-4-1308
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and oil paint on tan paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 16.1 × 23.1 cm (6 5/16 × 9 1/8 in.)