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. The lake's rippling water extends from the foreground and into the middle distance, where an island covered in trees is visible. A small sailboat floats on the water in the foreground at right. The opposite, dark shore is visible in the distance at center, while behind it, a tall mountain with a sharp, serrated peak looms over the scene. The darkening sky above appears to be clear and open. Scene delineated within a rectangular frame.
label: Description
content: Verso: Unfinished sketches of what appear to be wooden gates, or two doors made of wood planks. Two crossing planks are cut off along the lower margin, while another incomplete linear design is visible at right. The vertical lines trail off. Forms a complete (yet still indistinct) image with 1917-4-533.
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: 1917-4-541
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; verso: pen and ink
label: Dimensions
content: 9.1 × 11.5 cm (3 9/16 × 4 1/2 in.)