Object Details
Artist
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Landscape sketch showing view of stormy, sunset skies above a lush mountainous landscape in Jamaica. Green prominence in foreground is backdropped by purple mountains in middle distance. Above, tumultuous storm clouds are illuminated yellow, orange, and red by the light of the setting sun. At upper right, green and blue gradation of the sky is visible.
Credit Line
Gift of Louis P. Church
Date
May–September 1865
Accession Number
1917-4-682-b
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
landscapes
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Brush and oil, graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
24.3 × 30.3 cm (9 9/16 × 11 15/16 in.)
made in
Jamaica
place depicted
Jamaica
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Data Source
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Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1917-4-682-b