Aurora over the Hudson Valley, New York
date: label: Date
content: December 23, 1864
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Atmosphere and landscape sketch showing a view of the aurora borealis, also known as the Northern Lights, over the Hudson River Valley, as seen from the artist's property in Hudson, New York. Along the lower margin at center, the top of a hill or mountain ridge is briefly visible. Above, colors in the sky are rendered through subtle gradations in the graphite shading. At upper center, a vertical column of luminous light visibly streaks through the night sky.
place: label: made in
content: Hudson, New York, USA
label: place depicted
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: 1917-4-1015-b
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 gray wove paper