The Great Basin of Mt. Katahdin, Maine, Part One
date: label: Date
content: 1876–81
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape sketch showing the lower part of a panoramic view of the Great Basin of Mt. Katahdin in Maine, from the shore of Chimney Pond. This description refers to the entire view, comprising two leaves with 1917-4-1145-b. The reflective surface of Chimney Pond extends from the foreground to the middle distance, where the heavily wooded opposite shore is visible. Behind it, the rugged northern slope of Mt. Katahdin rises abruptly into the sky, comprised of several rocky ridges and fissures. At upper center, Pamola Peak is visible along Katahdin's serrated ridge, which extends out of view at left and right and forms a high horizon.
label: Description
content: Verso: Minimal landscape sketch showing the outline of Mt. Katahdin from a distance. Pamola and Baxter Peaks are visible at left with a rounded prominence in the foreground at left.
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: 1917-4-1145-a
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 gray-green wove paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 27.5 × 42.5 cm (10 13/16 × 16 3/4 in.)