Cloud Sketch, Catskill, New York
date: label: Date
content: July 1844 and June 1845
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Atmosphere sketch showing a view of a billowing cloud bank, in or near Catskill, New York. Shown at center, the cloud features multiple puffy prominences that tower into the sky. The cloud has a flat bottom while its left and right portions are not rendered.
label: Description
content: Verso: Figure sketch showing four views of individuals in various positions. At left, a monk with a long, hooded robe is shown from behind, while at right, a young man is also shown from behind, sitting on a stool and wearing a coat. Above, the head and shoulders of another man is visible. He wears a top hat and glasses as he gazes toward us. At upper right, a man with a wide brimmed hat is shown obliquely from behind as he sits on the ground and rests his elbows on his knees.
place: label: made in
content: Catskill, New York, USA
label: place 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: 1917-4-1419
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; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 11.9 × 18.8 cm (4 11/16 × 7 3/8 in.)