Object Details
Artist
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Landscape sketch showing view of river in the mountains of North Carolina, possibly the French Broad River. Rocks and a sandy river bank comprise foreground with river rapids in middle distance, rendered with thickly-applied paint. Rolling hills backdrop the scene an are bathed in the rosy light of the setting sun. Tree and hillside at right enshrouded in shadow.
Credit Line
Gift of Louis P. Church
Date
September–October 1880
Accession Number
1917-4-656
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
landscapes
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Brush and oil, graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
22.7 × 36.1 cm (8 15/16 × 14 3/16 in.)
made in
North Carolina, USA
place depicted
North Carolina, USA
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1917-4-656