Imaginary Lake Landscape with a Distant Mountain
date: label: Date
content: 1870–80
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
label: Possibly
content: Thomas Cole, American, b. England, 1801–1848
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape sketch showing an imagined view of a distant mountain across a wide lake, almost certainly derived from the artist's views of Mt. Katahdin in Maine from nearby Togue Pond or Millinocket Lake. In the foreground at lower left, the nearby shoreline is briefly visible, while just offshore at right, a small sailboat rests with its single sail unfurled. In the middle distance at left, a wooded island is reflected on the lake's surface, while behind it, the opposite shoreline is shown covered in trees. In the background at center, a tall mountain with serrated pinnacles at its summit looms over the scene and is shaded on its left flank. Clouds above at left appear to be variously lit, likely at sunset or twilight.
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1917-4-542
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 9 × 11.3 cm (3 9/16 × 4 7/16 in.)