Clouds with Sunbeams
date: label: Date
content: September 1844
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Atmosphere sketch showing at view of sunlight radiating from behind a group of puffy clouds near sunset, likely in or near Catskill, New York. A billowing mass of lofty cumulus clouds dominate the composition at center and are backlit by the sun. As a result, crepuscular rays (sunbeams) emanate in streaks from behind the clouds. Below, a rolling mountain range--probably the Catskills--is visible along the horizon.
place: label: probably made in
content: Catskill, New York, USA
label: place probably depicted
content: Catskill, 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: 1917-4-1433
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on white wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 11.8 × 18.8 cm (4 5/8 × 7 3/8 in.)