Maine Surf, Mt. Desert Island
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: Seascape sketch showing view of waves breaking in a rocky tide pool along the Maine coast at Mt. Desert Island. Sky is rendered in a grayish light purple, rocks are a deep brown. Churning green seawater crashes against the rock at center and right, producing white foam. Dark orange ground is visible along lower margin.
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: 1917-4-798-a
objectType: label: Type
content: seascapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and oil, graphite on cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: 30.7 × 40.8 cm (12 1/16 × 16 1/16 in.)