The Strait of Messina, Looking towards Italy
date: label: Date
content: April 14, 1869
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 an anchored fishing boat in the Strait of Messina, looking toward the coast of Italy. In the foreground at right, the fishing boat is show in left profile with its sails drawn. Its hull is painted black with a red bottom. The blue surface of the Strait of Messina comprises the foreground and middle distance, with the rugged, mountainous coast of Italy rising in the background. A town and several buildings are visible along the shore at center left. Above, dark clouds cast a shadow on the mountains below, and possibly indicate a coming or going storm.
place: label: made in
content: Messina, Italy
label: place depicted
content: Italy
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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: 1917-4-757
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 off-white paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 19.9 × 25.7 cm (7 13/16 × 10 1/8 in.)