Storm off Great Head, Mt. Desert Island
date: label: Date
content: probably July–September 1850
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 a storm over a rippling, agitated sea off the coast of Mt. Desert Island in Maine. Viewed from the area known as Great Head, the ocean is spotted with white, breaking waves are two distinct rain showers are visible at center right and along the left margin. Also at left, the end of a rocky point partially juts into the scene. Along the horizon at center left and far right, the masks of two different ships are also visible. Dark, puffy storm clouds hang in the sky above as a patch of dark blue, possibly evening sky is also shown.
place: label: made in
content: Maine, USA
label: place depicted
content: Maine, 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: 1917-4-867
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 and graphite on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 20.9 x 35.4 cm (8 1/4 x 13 15/16 in.)