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Theodore Cole Observing his Toy Sailboat, Catskill, New York
Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900)
October 1844
- Medium
- Graphite on white wove paper
- Classification
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- 18.8 × 11.9 cm (7 3/8 × 4 11/16 in.)
- Culture
- New York
- Museum
- Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Credit line
- Gift of Louis P. Church
- Rights
- CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Smithsonian Institution
About this work
Figure and landscape sketch showing Thomas Cole's son, Theodore (also known as Teddy), kneeling beside a river or stream as his observes his toy sailboat floating by. With his form reflected in the water below, Theodore has a contented expression as he wears a straw hat and rests his head on his hand. In the middle distance at left, a twisted tree and its branches arch over the boy, neatly framing him. In the background at right, the distant Catskill Escarpment is outlined along the horizon.
