Sketches of Schooners and a Day Beacon, Mt. Desert Island, Maine
date: label: Date
content: 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 several views of schooners (sailboats) at sea and a day beacon off the coast of Mt. Desert Island, Maine. Along the upper margin, three sketches of the masts and sails of sailboat are visible. Just below these at upper left, four smaller sailboats are highlighted in white gouache as they are variously positioned. Roughly at center, the two masts and sails of another schooner are visible just above a sandy embankment or beach, while woods and hills are shown at right. Below this sketch, four addition sailboats are shown both frontally and obliquely. Finally, stretching across the composition at lower center, a pyramidal stone day beacon rests atop a small rocky island while surf crashes around it. This is likely the day beacon on Bunker's Ledge near the entrance to Seal Harbor on Mt. Desert Island.
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: 1917-4-271-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 and white gouache on laminated paper
label: Dimensions
content: 25.1 × 18.1 cm (9 7/8 × 7 1/8 in.)