Cloud Sketch, Catskill, New York
date: label: Date
content: August 1844
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 dramatically cloud-filled sky in or near Catskill, New York. Sunbeams cascade down from the upper right corner, illuminating the vast quantities of massive, billowing clouds that inhabit the wide sky. Below, along the lower margin, the outline of a rolling mountain range is faintly shown.
label: Description
content: Verso: First part of a landscape sketch showing a panoramic view of Catskill Creek and its environs in Catskill, New York. Drawing oriented on right side of leaf. In this first half of the panorama, the creek is not shown--only the rolling landscape near its left bank is visible. At center, two structures are shown besde a large tree in a fenced-in pasture. In the background, the rolling outlines of the Catskill Escarpment, and specifically Kaaterskill High Peak, are visible along the horizon.
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: 1917-4-1413
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: 11.8 × 18.9 cm (4 5/8 × 7 7/16 in.)