There are 2 other images of this object. This image is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions), and as such we offer a high-resolution image of it. See our image rights statement.

 

Object Timeline

1917

  • We acquired this object.

1970

2015

2024

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Hill with Viaducts and Ruined Mills, Near Catskill, New York

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated 1865–68 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is brush and oil, graphite on bright green paperboard. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Louis P. Church. It is credited Gift of Louis P. Church.

Its dimensions are

30.4 × 50.7 cm (11 15/16 × 19 15/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in black ink, verso center: L.457d

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: near Catskill

Cite this object as

Drawing, Hill with Viaducts and Ruined Mills, Near Catskill, New York; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; brush and oil, graphite on bright green paperboard; 30.4 × 50.7 cm (11 15/16 × 19 15/16 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-314

This image is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions). You can copy, modify, and distribute this work without contacting the Smithsonian. For more information, visit the Smithsonian’s Terms of Use page.

If you would like to cite this object in a Wikipedia article please use the following template:

<ref name=CH>{{cite web |url=https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18196853/ |title=Drawing, Hill with Viaducts and Ruined Mills, Near Catskill, New York |author=Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |accessdate=16 August 2025 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution}}</ref>