Maine Coast, Mt. Desert Island
date: label: Date
content: July–September 1850
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Seascape and landscape sketch showing an elevated view of the ocean and nearby coastal rocks off the shore of Maine. Dark blue, rippling ocean water extends from the foreground to the background, while a rocky outcropping protrudes from the water in the middle distance at right. One diminutive ship is visible near the horizon at center, its two masts barely visible. Above, the open sky is rendered in a transparent shade of dark blue that allows the brick-colored ground to remain visible. This lateritious ground color is visible along the lower portion of the composition as well.
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: 1917-4-797-c
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 on tan wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 26.1 x 36.1 cm (10 1/4 x 14 3/16 in.)