Aurora Borealis over Mt. Desert Island, from Bar Harbor, Maine
date: label: Date
content: September 1860
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape and atmosphere sketch showing a view of the aurora borealis, or "northern lights" over the waters off Bar Harbor on Mount Desert Island in Maine. In the foreground, the nearby rocky terrain is painted in dark silhouette, as is the land mass visible across the water in the center at center--likely Bald Porcupine Island. Above, glowing beams and swirling bands of luminous blue-green light arch across the dark night sky, and are reflected in the water below.
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1917-4-1374
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
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: 26.2 × 35.3 cm (10 5/16 × 13 7/8 in.)