Mt. Katahdin from the North Basin, Maine
date: label: Date
content: September 1877
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 Pamola Peak and the Great Basin of Mt. Katahdin from the north ridge of the North Basin that leads to Howes Peaks, in Maine. In the immediate foreground, nearby rocky cliffs descend precipitously into the basin below, which gently slopes away from the viewer through the middle distance at center and left. In the middle distance at right, the rugged Hamlin Ridge ascends out of frame to Hamlin Peak, out of view. The Great Basin of Mt. Katahdin lies beyond, with its incredily steep and rugged walls leading upwards to the sharp Pamola Peak at upper center, Baxter Peak partially out of view at far right, and the serrated ridge between the two known as the Knife Edge. Rolling terrain extends into the background at left, with a broad lake highlighted in white gouache that is likely Lake Millinocket.
label: Description
content: Verso: Landscape sketch at right showing a view looking down one of Mt. Katahdin's rocky ridges, likely viewing Pamola Peak from Hamlin Peak or a nearby point. In the foreground, blocks of granite extend along the ridge through the middle distance and into the background, where they ascend to the sharp summit of Pamola at upper center. Patches of trees and other vegetation interspersed throughout the rocks.
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: 1917-4-608-a
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: drawing
label: Type
content: drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite, white gouache, and oxidized white gouache on light brown wove paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 30.1 × 44.2 cm (11 7/8 × 17 3/8 in.)