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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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1917-4-418-a