Hillside by Frederic Edwin Church, 1870 Size:14x24in (36x60cm) Mapmaker or publisher: Central Intelligence

Mapmaker or publisher: Central Intelligence Agency

a resounding emblem of authority and faith

Public buildings—the Municipal Library and the Concert Hall among them—appear as carefully modeled silhouettes

nestled within vibrant gardens and gently rolling countryside—a setting that brims with history

Hillside by Frederic Edwin Church, 1870 Size:14x24in (36x60cm) Mapmaker or publisher: Central IntelligenceHillside (187080) by Frederic Edwin Church invites the viewer into a moment of quiet radiance, where a modest rise in the land is bathed in late afternoon light. Churchone of the leading figures of the Hudson River Schoolwas famed for his luminous skies and exacting observation of nature. In the 1870s, his mature style often turned from epic vistas to more intimate scenes, capturing atmosphere, color, and the poetry of ordinary terrain with a