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Under Kaaterskill Falls

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
View looking out of Kaaterskill Clove from underneath Kaaterskill Falls. Contour of overhang of Falls' first tier visible in upper portion of composition, with two cascades of water falling into pool below, comprising the second stage of the falls. Foliage and ridgelines of Kaaterskill Clove visible in distance.
Verso: Outline of Catskill Escarpment with cloud study above, and sketch of a walking man seen from the behind at right upper centre.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Artist
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
Date
July 1844 and November 1844
Credit Line
Gift of Louis P. Church
Medium
Graphite on white paper.
Dimensions
25.8 × 38.8 cm (10 3/16 × 15 1/4 in.)
Type
landscapes
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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