Object Details
Artist
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Landscape sketch showing view of Appalachian Mountains in North Carolina near town of Hot Springs (then called Warm Springs). Brown and green field comprises foreground, and hosts a seemingly deteriorated wooden structure at center left. Rvier visible through trees at left of structure. In middle distance at left, a sharp hilltop is illuminated by the light of the setting sun. Slope descends from left to right into a darkened dell and opposite ridgeline, at right. Sky above a mix of clear blue and whipsy clouds, some of which are colored purple.
Credit Line
Gift of Louis P. Church
Date
September–October 1880
Accession Number
1917-4-663-a
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
landscapes
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Brush and oil, graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
22.8 × 26.3 cm (9 × 10 3/8 in.)
made in
Hot Springs, North Carolina, USA
place depicted
Hot Springs, North Carolina, USA
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Data Source
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Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1917-4-663-a