Spearfishing at Night, Beirut, Syria (Lebanon)
date: label: Date
content: April 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Oil study of a man spearfishing with a torch at night in Beirut, in present-day Lebanon. Situated in the middle distance at center, the fisherman holds a flaming torch before him and above the surface of the water while clutching a spear in his other hand. With his pants rolled up, he stands in knee-deep water beside a faintly-illuminated rocky shoreline. While the torch's light reflects on the water, the remainder of the composition is virtually black.
place: label: made in
content: Beirut, Lebanon
label: place depicted
content: Beirut, Lebanon
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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: 1917-4-1347
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 paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 16.9 × 28 cm (6 5/8 in. × 11 in.)