Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900 Search this
Medium:
Graphite on white wove paper; verso: graphite
Dimensions:
11.9 × 18.8 cm (4 11/16 × 7 3/8 in.)
Object Name:
Drawing
Type:
Drawing
Made in:
Catskill, New York, USA
Place depicted:
Catskill, New York, USA
Date:
May 1845
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
Figure and landscape sketch showing a scene of three figures--likely three boys--wearing brimmed hats on the shore of a lake or river, possibly fishing. At left, one figure stands beside and leans toward another figure next to him at right. They appear to be situated on a loosely rendered beach or shoreline. At center, another figure appears to reel in a fish with an incompletely rendered fishing rod. In the distance at upper right, trees--presumably those on the opposite shoreline--are visible.
Verso: Mixed sketches showing, at upper left, a hastily rendered view of treetops and clouds near the Catskill Mountain House; at center, a sailboat oriented to the right; and at upper center, the outline of an anthropomorphic cloud that resembles a man's face in profile.
