Object Details
Artist
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Landscape sketch showing a view of a vibrant sunset in cloudy skies over Jamaica. A treetop is included in the immediate foreground at lower left, while a pointed mountaintop is loosely rendered in the middle distance at center. Lush, green terrain extends indistinctly to a hazy horizon. At center, a puffy, low-lying bank of clouds stretches across the composition and partially obscures the view of a bright patch of orange-red sunlight. The setting sun's light casts the background clouds in a luminous red glow, that fades to gray and white along the upper margin.
Credit Line
Gift of Louis P. Church
Date
August 1865
Accession Number
1917-4-408-b
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
landscapes
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Oil on off-white paperboard
Dimensions
21.2 × 28.7 cm (8 3/8 × 11 5/16 in.)
place depicted
Jamaica
made in
Jamaica
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Data Source
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Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1917-4-408-b