# Theodore Cole Pulling his Toy Sailboat, Catskill, New York

- By: Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900)
- Date: August 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
- Credit line: Gift of Louis P. Church
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/23940)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/daa8a3bc6c65a16cb88e39ba5601a894.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Figure sketch of a boy, Thomas Cole's son, Theodore, playing with a toy sailboat on the bank of a stream or river. Wearing a straw hat and viewed from from behind, Theodore kneels by the water, extending his arm as he pulls a string attached to the boat. At left, a tree is loosely and indistinctly rendered, while steep banks are visible in the background at center.