File:Drawing, Sketch of Cloudy Sky over Mountains and a Sky with Clouds, Jamaica, possibly 1865 (CH 18193197).jpg

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Frederic Edwin Church: English: Drawing, Sketch of Cloudy Sky over Mountains and a Sky with Clouds, Jamaica, possibly 1865   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Frederic Edwin Church  (1826–1900)  wikidata:Q366212
 
Frederic Edwin Church
Alternative names
Frederick Edwin Church
Description American painter, landscape painter, art collector and traveler
Date of birth/death 4 May 1826 Edit this at Wikidata 7 April 1900 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Hartford New York City
Work location
Catskill; New York City; Ecuador; Colombia; Petra; Rome; Colony of Jamaica; Mexico; Olana State Historic Site; Jamaica Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q366212
Title
English: Drawing, Sketch of Cloudy Sky over Mountains and a Sky with Clouds, Jamaica, possibly 1865
Description
English: Recto: Horizontal view showing a cloudy sky over mountain ranges and at bottom, drawn in the opposite direction, a sky with clouds. Verso: Sky with clouds at upper left, more clouds at bottom left, and a seated girl an a seated man shown from the back, with the head of a girl outlined beside at right.
Date possibly 1865
Medium graphite on greenish paper
Dimensions Sheet: 18.7 x 27.1 cm (7 3/8 x 10 11/16 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1917-4-1267
Credit line Gift of Louis P. Church
Inscriptions Verso: Stamped in ink at upper right: Lugt 457d
Notes
  • Type: Drawing
  • Inscribed: Recto: Inscribed in graphite with figures at various locations, and from left to right throughout: dazzling / green / grey / gold / dark purple / cloud / coolish purple / warmer / greenish masses / soft warm (....?) / Delicious hazy / reflected ridges / greenish mangoes with / green tops; and again at bottom in opposite direction with numbers in various locations and: green sky / golden blue / red orange glow; and at bottom right: 3 warm / mottled / 4 open / sky dusty.

Verso: Inscribed in graphite at various locations at top left: watermelon / light / warm grey / rich orange / warm grey with yel / more purple / reddish glow.

  • Period: Hudson River School
  • Country: Jamaica
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