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High Clouds across the Hudson

Cooper Hewitt

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Object Details

Artist

Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

Landscape sketch showing a view of view of Hudson Valley, looking southwest from the artist's estate near Hudson, New York. Billowing thunder clouds illuminated in a rosy pink by the setting sun's light rise in the background. A wide portion of the Hudson River is visible in middle distance at center and right. Green woods and meadows of Long Hill and Hudson's east bank included in foreground.

Credit Line

Gift of Louis P. Church

Date

June 1870

Accession Number

1917-4-582-a

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

landscapes

Object Name

Drawing

Type

Drawing

Medium

Brush and oil, graphite on paperboard

Dimensions

28.1 × 38.7 cm (11 1/16 × 15 1/4 in.)

place depicted

New York, USA

made in

Hudson, New York, USA

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4568d2062-44de-4d73-ad3a-a20cc9d677d7

Record ID

chndm_1917-4-582-a

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