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Sunset over Hilltops, Jamaica

Cooper Hewitt

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    Object Details

    Artist

    Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

    Description

    Landscape sketch showing a view of a vividly illuminated cloud at sunset above steep, lush hilltops in Jamaica. In the foreground at right, a hill descends to the left, visually overlapping another verdant ridge in the middle distance at left. In the distance at center, a monumental billowing cloud catches the vibrant red and pink light of the setting sun, which also casts warm hues on the surrounding clouds. Behind, the evening sky is shown as a gradient from deep blue, above, to yellow-green at the horizon. A possible fire scar is visible on the nearby hill at lower right.

    Credit Line

    Gift of Louis P. Church

    Date

    August 1865

    Accession Number

    1917-4-418-a

    Restrictions & Rights

    CC0

    Type

    landscapes

    Object Name

    Drawing

    Type

    Drawing

    Medium

    Oil and graphite on paperboard

    Dimensions

    21.1 × 30.5 cm (8 5/16 in. × 12 in.)

    made in

    Jamaica

    place depicted

    Jamaica

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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/kq427d42c3b-7ef6-4f78-8e83-2e4b8a2f6b68

    Record ID

    chndm_1917-4-418-a

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