Twilight at Sea, Canada
date: label: Date
content: June–July 1859
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Seascape sketch showing a view of twilight over the ocean near Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The dark, purple-brown water extends from the foreground to the flat, distant horizon.The twilight sky is characterized by a rich, saturated gradient from orange-red along the horizon to yellow-green above. The edges of a long, dark cloud bank along the upper margin are lit pink by the setting sun.
place: label: made in
content: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
label: place depicted
content: 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: 1917-4-802
objectType: label: Type
content: seascapes
label: Object Name
content: drawing
label: Type
content: drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Oil on paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 10.8 x 30.3 cm (4 1/4 x 11 15/16 in.)