Twilight over Cat Harbour, Canada
date: label: Date
content: June or July 1, 1859
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 the setting sun over the bay and fishing settlement formerly known as Cat Harbour (now Lumsden) on the northern coast of Newfoundland island in Canada. Viewed from the ocean--whose rippling waters comprise the foreground--the rugged, mountainous coastline of Cat Harbour and its outlying islands are colored dark purple as they stretch across the horizon. The low sun is visible in the sky at center as it emanates a pinkish-orange luminous glow that colors the sky and is reflected in the water below. One small boat with four figures is visible on the water at center right, while a sailboat is anchored in the harbor in the middle distance at center left.
place: label: made in
content: Lumsden, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
label: place depicted
content: Lumsden, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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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: 1917-4-831
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 and graphite on paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 16.5 × 26.8 cm (6 1/2 × 10 9/16 in.)