Study for "Apotheosis to Thomas Cole"

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Artist
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Recto: Horizontal view of two figures, at lower right, who observe an illuminated cross or star in the darkness, at left, as a stream cascades down from rocky pinnacles, in the middleground at center, past two palm trees to merge with a lake at right.
Verso: Sketches for a frame [?], some writing.
Credit Line
Gift of Louis P. Church
ca. 1847
Accession Number
1917-4-254-a
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
landscapes
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Brush and oil paint on paper laminate
Dimensions
Mat: 35.7 x 45.7 cm (14 1/16 x 18 in.)
(Irregular): 21.2 x 32.4 cm (8 3/8 x 12 3/4 in.)
made in
USA
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Record ID
chndm_1917-4-254-a
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq47d965fb9-f85f-4ace-ba2b-b3d416148259
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