Fishermen by the Sea, East Hampton, New York
date: label: Date
content: July - August, 1858
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Field sketch showing views of four fishermen pulling and carrying a net and a group of fishermen around a beached rowboat. Above, two fishermen walk to the left while carrying a bunched-up net over their shoulders, while two others face the opposite direction and vigorously pull the net. Below, a group of eight fishermen are shown from behind as they ready a rowboat with a net, which is shown piled in the foreground. At left, a two-wheeled cart rests beside the group.In the background, crashing waves are faintly rendered.
place: label: made in
content: East Hampton, New York, USA
label: place depicted
content: East Hampton, New York, 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: 1917-4-1006-b
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: drawing
label: Type
content: drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on white wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 11.7 × 19.9 cm (4 5/8 × 7 13/16 in.)