Geese Sketches with Figures, East Hampton, New York
date: label: Date
content: probably July 1858
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Mixed figure sketches showing eight views of geese with two partial and complete figures, likely seen in East Hampton, New York. Four sketches are included in the upper portion of the composition: a seated goose viewed from above at left, a goose with a raised head viewed from behind at center left, the head and twisting neck of a grooming goose and center right, and the head and body of a lying goose at right. At lower left, a grazing goose viewed in right profile and the elongated head and neck of a goose in left profile are included. At center right, a grazing goose is viewed obliquely from behind while the raised head and neck of a goose is shown at far right. At lower center, the upper portion of a figure wearing a wide brimmed hat is visible in right profile. And finally, in the lower right corner, a figure wearing a hat and tattered jacket carries a bindle over his shoulder and walks to the right.
place: label: made in
content: East Hampton, New York, USA
label: place depicted
content: East Hampton, 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: 1917-4-1005-a
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing
label: Type
content: drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on off-white wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 11.7 × 19.8 cm (4 5/8 × 7 13/16 in.)