Mixed Sketches, Catskill, New York

Faint graphite sketches of distant forms and foliage sit on a pale tan sheet, with a shaded rock outcrop in the lower left corner. Light, loose lines suggest trees and terrain, while most of the page remains blank.

Artist

Frederic Edwin Church

Date

September 1844

Medium

Graphite on tan wove paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

4000 × 2688 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum