Study for 'Rainy Season in the Tropics', Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, Graphite on paper, ruled with parallel lines in blue ink, border lines in graphite, on white paper, Recto: Horizonal view showing a dramatic panorama of towering peaks flanking a river gorge, with a church ( or castle) perched atop a cliff at the left and a cluster of palm trees at the right, bridged by a prominent double rainbow., Verso: Elevations and plans for a Mansard-roofed house are shown in boxes and sometimes numbered: shown vertically at bottom is the house standing at a declivity and composed of two wings; shown horizontally in the opposite direction is the front portion of the house with a different distribution of windows; shown at various locations are several designs referring to the shape of the roof and a house plan; and shown at bottom right are two fillets supported by scroll motifs., USA, 1865–66, landscapes, Drawing, Drawing
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Study, 'Rainy Season, Tropics', Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, Graphite, paper, ruled, parallel lines, blue ink, border lines, graphite, white paper, Recto, Horizonal view showing, dramatic panorama, towering peaks flanking, river gorge, church, castle, perched atop, cliff, left, cluster, palm trees, right, bridged, prominent double rainbow, Verso, Elevations, plans, Mansard-roofed house, shown, boxes, sometimes numbered, shown vertically, bottom, house standing, declivity, composed, two wings, shown horizontally, opposite direction, front portion, house, different distribution, windows, shown, various locations, several designs referring, shape, roof, house plan, shown, bottom right, two fillets supported, scroll motifs, USA, 1865–66, landscapes, Drawing, Drawing
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