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Drawing, Moses Rock, near the Catskill Mountain House, Catskill, New York
This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated July 1844 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on tan wove paper. 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
25.7 × 38.8 cm (10 1/8 × 15 1/4 in.)
It is inscribed
Inscribed: in graphite, upper right: MOSES ROCK / Mountain House July 1844; in graphite, center: reddish & grey rock / moss in patches / water dripping; in graphite, lower right: birch / hemlock; in graphite, verso upper center: 2 - brilliant yellow light - shadows warm and greenish top [struckout: all] lighted / 3 - upper cloud - very dark blue - and here and there a [...] place showing the / sky of a lighter and most exquisite blue - / 4 - darkish and yellowish smoky color / 5 - darker ragged cloud (thundery appearance) / facing the south; in graphite, verso center: 5 5 / 4 / 2 3 2 / 2 3; in graphite, verso center right: west [arrow pointing right]
Cite this object as
Drawing, Moses Rock, near the Catskill Mountain House, Catskill, New York; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; graphite on tan wove paper; 25.7 × 38.8 cm (10 1/8 × 15 1/4 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-26
