Tree Roots, Catskill, New York

A faint graphite study on pale cream paper shows gnarled tree roots and branches spreading across the sheet in loose, quick outlines. Light shading is sparse, and the date July 1844 is inscribed in pencil at upper right.

Artist

Frederic Edwin Church

Date

July 1844

Medium

Graphite on white wove paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

4000 × 2551 px

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