Drawing, Study for "Apotheosis to Thomas Cole", ca. 1847, Frederic Edwin Church, circa 1847

Recto: horizontal view of two figures, at lower right, observe an illuminated cross or star in the darkness, at left, as a stream cascades down from rocky pinnacles, in the middleground at center, past two palm trees to merge with a lake at right. Verso: sketches for a frame [?], some writing. Date: circa 1847. Dimensions: Mat: 35.7 x 45.7 cm (14 1/16 in. x 18 in.); ; (Irregular): 21.2 x 32.4 cm (8 3/8 x 12 3/4 in.). Medium: brush and oil paint on paper. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Drawing, Study for "Apotheosis to Thomas Cole", ca. 1847 (CH 18196163)