Object Details
Artist
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Landscape sketch showing view of mountain valley at sunset (or possibly sunrise) bounded by two rugged ridges. Stream and bank in foreground extend into green, wooded valley in middle distance at center and left. Mountains on either side are rugged and, at right, crowned with rocky cliffs. Clouds above are illuminated pink and magenta by the light of the setting sun, which also falls on the mountaintop at right.
Credit Line
Gift of Louis P. Church
Date
1850–56
Accession Number
1917-4-417
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
landscapes
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Brush and oil, graphite on cardboard
Dimensions
20.4 × 28.1 cm (8 1/16 × 11 1/16 in.)
made in
USA
place probably depicted
New Hampshire, USA
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1917-4-417