Campfire, Maine Woods
date: label: Date
content: 1850–1856
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 a campfire beside a shallow mountain stream in the woods of Maine. The immense trunks of two fallen trees criss-cross at center, creating a pocket in which the fire burns. Its rich red-orange flames lap the thick branches that fuel it, while others become glowing coals in the depths of the inferno. Below, comprising the foreground, a shallow, rocky stream reflects the fire's warm light. A steep mountainside strewn with fallen leaves, decaying trees, and other detritus backdrops the scene.
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1917-4-854
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: Oil on cream paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 24.8 × 33.3 cm (9 3/4 × 13 1/8 in.)