Rugged Coastline, Mexico
date: label: Date
content: probably 1890–93
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 a walled village atop a mountain or cliff along a rugged coastline in Mexico. In the foreground at left, multiple buildings are loosely rendered within a circular, walled enclosure atop a rugged prominence with a rocky, craggy slope at lower right. In the middle distance at right, a sailboat with two masts is reflected in the sea or lake waters around it, which extend into the background and comprise the right portion of the scene. At left, a mountain range with several sharp peaks extends from the middle distance to the background.
label: Description
content: Verso: Landscape sketch showing a view of a curving, mountainous coastline in Mexico. In the foreground at lower center, a sailboat is shown within a hook-shaped harbor or breakwater. Beside it, the heavily wooded shore rises to a rounded hill at center right. In the background at right, a tall, sharp peak is part of a range that extends to two other, sharp peaks in the background at left. Dominating the left side of the composition is the surface of the sea or lake, which has a dramatically curving coastline at right.
place: label: made in
content: Mexico
label: place depicted
content: Mexico
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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: 1917-4-1279-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; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 8.5 × 14.6 cm (3 3/8 × 5 3/4 in.)