Coastal Views
date: label: Date
content: 1850–1852
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape and seascape sketch showing four views around the rugged coastline of either Mt. Desert Island in Maine or Grand Manan Island in Canada. At upper right, two stacked views show a small, rocky island. In the uppermost sketch, the island is seen at a distance across dark ocean water, while below, it is much closer, allowing the details of its blocky rocks to be come clear. A mountainous coastline is faintly rendered in the background. At upper left, numerous seagulls are sketched in various positions while in flight. One group of gulls at left is viewed at a great distance, while others, at right, are closer. At lower left, a sketch of layered clouds above a rolling and wooded coastline is included, while at lower right and oppositely oriented, a broken ship or wooden pier is shown semi-submerged at its center.
place: label: made in
content: USA
label: place possibly depicted
content: Canada
label: place possibly 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: 1917-4-49
objectType: label: Type
content: nature studies
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite and white gouache on tan wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 28.7 × 37.2 cm (11 5/16 × 14 5/8 in.)