Catskill Sunset, Hudson, New York
date: label: Date
content: June 30, 1866
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape sketch showing a view of puffy clouds illuminated by the light of the setting sun, which has descended behind the undulating, rugged ridge of the Catskill Escarpment. Likely viewed from Church's home near Hudson, New York, called Olana, the sunset and the quality of its light are diagrammed numerically at center.
label: Description
content: Verso: Sketches along the Hudson River showing, at upper left, the sail of a single-masted boat peeking over a thicket of bushes, while at upper right, a paddle steamer is shown traveling along the river in right profile. Featuring two smokestacks and paddle wheels, the boat flies a large American flag from its stern. In the background at left, a vague structure is visible on the distant shoreline.
place: label: place depicted
content: New York, USA
label: made in
content: Hudson, 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: 1917-4-1087
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 white wove paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 11.9 × 22 cm (4 11/16 × 8 11/16 in.)