Rain over the Liguanea Plain, near Kingston, Jamaica

An expansive, hazy plain stretches toward a distant low hill under a heavy, overcast sky, with rain visible as a pale veil on the horizon. In the foreground, dark rounded hills and a cluster of trees frame the lower edge. The sketch is built in warm ochres and muted grays in brush and oil over graphite on paperboard.

Artist

Frederic Edwin Church

Date

May 1865

Medium

Brush and oil, graphite on paperboard

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

4000 × 2103 px

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