Thunder Clouds, Jamaica
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826â1900
MayâSeptember 1865
Classification
landscapes
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Louis P. Church
Accession Number
1917-4-407-b
About this artwork
Landscape and atmosphere sketch of distant, billowing storm clouds above lush jungle terrain in Jamaica. Likely taking place during the afternoon or midday, the clouds are illuminated along their fringe in a luminous silver and constitute a towering mass in the otherwise blue sky. In the lower portion, dense trees extend from the foreground and into the middle distance.