Object Details
Artist
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
Description
Landscape and botanical sketch showing a view of two birch trees in the woods of Vermont during Autumn. Visible just beyond a bush's red and yellow leaves at lower right, the trunks of these twin white-barked trees are rendered in great detail as they extend out of view. Shadows of the bush's leaves and one of the tree's branches are deftly rendered upon their white bark. In the background, a mass of green and orange undergrowth forms a busy screen of vegetation, while patches of blue sky peak through the branches along the upper margin.
Credit Line
Gift of Louis P. Church
Date
October 1865
Accession Number
1917-4-659-a
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
nature studies
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Oil on bright green paperboard
Dimensions
30.5 × 19.8 cm (12 × 7 13/16 in.)
made in
Vermont, USA
place depicted
Vermont, USA
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Data Source
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Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1917-4-659-a