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Drawing, Sunset, Hudson, New York
This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated December 25, 1873 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is oil and graphite on paperboard; verso: graphite.. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
“F. E. Church, one of the celebrated [Hudson] river-gods, built long ago his picturesque cottage opposite the Catskills, where, as it seemed to him, sunset panoramas were to be obtained rivaling those of the Andes.”
—Lizzie W. Champney
Wall Label from exhibition, "Frederic Church, Winslow Homer, and Thomas Moran: Tourism and the American Landscape," Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York, NY.
This object was
donated by
Louis P. Church.
It is credited Gift of Louis P. Church.
Its dimensions are
21.5 x 31.2 cm (8 7/16 x 12 5/16 in.)
It is inscribed
Inscribed in pen and brown ink: verso lower right, Dec. 25 / 1873
Cite this object as
Drawing, Sunset, Hudson, New York; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; oil and graphite on paperboard; verso: graphite.; 21.5 x 31.2 cm (8 7/16 x 12 5/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-1313
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Frederic Church, Winslow Homer & Thomas Moran: Tourism and the American Landscape.
