Object Details
Artist
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Landscape sketch showing southwestern view of Hudson River Valley from Church's farm on Long Hill, near Hudson, N.Y. Fields and wooded hillsides visible in foreground. Beyond, the Catskill Escarpment is rendered in purple with Overlook Mountain at center. Fog inundates valley between. Above, partly cloudy twilight sky rendered in gradient from orange to yellow to aquamarine.
Credit Line
Gift of Louis P. Church
Date
1865–75
Accession Number
1917-4-347-b
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
landscapes
Object Name
drawing
Type
drawing
Medium
Brush and oil, graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
22.6 × 35.1 cm (8 7/8 × 13 13/16 in.)
made in
Hudson, New York, USA
place depicted
New York, USA
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Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1917-4-347-b