Figure Sketches by the Surf, East Hampton, New York
date: label: Date
content: probably July 1858
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Mixed figure sketches of people enjoying the beach at East Hampton, New York. In the lower half of the composition, several isolated figure sketches are visible, including a jug and two hats at left, a seated individual in the right profile at lower left, a seated individual viewed from behind at center, and a group of four figures--three seated, one standing--with a parasol at lower right. At far right, a standing woman wearing a dress and a bonnet (or other kind of cap) is shown in right profile with another distant figure beside her at left. Dominating the upper half of the composition, five individuals are shown from behind as they wade in knee-deep surf, as a wave crashes beyond them.
place: label: made in
content: East Hampton, New York, USA
label: place depicted
content: East Hampton, New York, 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: 1917-4-1309-b
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on light green wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 9.7 × 15 cm (3 13/16 × 5 7/8 in.)