The Beehive and Sand Beach from Great Head, Mt. Desert, Maine
date: label: Date
content: 1850
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape sketch showing a view of the Beehive, Sand Beach, and the Lynam farmhouse from the western cliffs of Great Head in Mount Desert Island, Maine.The lower portion of the composition is completed only in graphite, revealing the brick-colored ground. Nearby rock and cliffsides are rendered in graphite at lower right. In the middle distance at center, Sand Beach is visible beneath the steep and round mountain known as the Beehive, mostly in shadow at left. The clearing in the valley in the middle distance at center is the Lynam farm and house, where period artists including Cole and Gifford rested and ate while visiting Mount Desert Island. In the background at center, another mountain–possibly Champlain Mountain–bounds the valley at left. A blue, open sky reigns above.
label: Description
content: Verso: Incomplete figure sketch of a figure's knee-length overcoat, viewed from the side.
place: label: made in
content: Maine, USA
label: place depicted
content: Maine, USA
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Louis P. Church
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1917-4-1368
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Oil and graphite on paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 26.5 × 39.2 cm (10 7/16 × 15 7/16 in.)