Clouds over the Hudson Valley, from the Catskill Mountains
date: label: Date
content: 1844–1850
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape sketch overlooking a cloud-filled Hudson River Valley, likely viewed from the Catskill Mountain House or another vista point along the Catskill Escarpment. One tall tree is visible in the foreground at lower center, situated among numerous other trees that blanket the mountainside. In the middle distance at center, two banks of low-lying clouds stretch horizontally across the composition, framing a narrow window revealing the valley's lush landscape below. At far left, an close, dark cloud begins to encroach on the scene. In the background, the landscape becomes hazier and indistinct due to atmospheric perspective, while above it, a band of dark clouds fills the sky.
place: label: probably made in
content: Catskill, 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: 1917-4-1354
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Oil and graphite on canvas
label: Dimensions
content: 16 × 27.3 cm (6 5/16 × 10 3/4 in.)