Sunset in the Hudson River Valley
date: label: Date
content: July 9, 1866
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape and atmosphere sketch showing a view of a vibrant, layered sunset over the Hudson River Valley, likely seen from the artist's property near Hudson, New York. At center, the sun's rays burst through thin clouds and emanate vertically across the sky. Above, puffy clouds are illuminated by the light of the setting sun. Below, long, thin banks of clouds are sharply pronounced against the vibrant sky. At lower left, the outline of a rolling mountain ridge is visible.
label: Description
content: Verso: Portion of a panoramic landscape view, indicated by faint striations--likely representing clouds or colors of the sky--at extreme right.
place: label: made in
content: Hudson, 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: 1917-4-1089-a
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 tan wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 11.9 × 21.8 cm (4 11/16 × 8 9/16 in.)