Mt. Katahdin Rising over Katahdin Lake, Maine
date: label: Date
content: 1876–78
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape sketch showing a view of Mt. Katahdin rising over Katahdin Lake, as seen from the lake's eastern shore. The lake's blue and white surface is incompletely rendered in the middle distance at center and center left. At center right, the unfinished lower slope of Turner Mountain is visible. Beyond rolling and heavily wooded terrain on the opposite bank, Mt. Katahdin rises into a blue, open sky. Baxter and Pamola Peaks are shown at left, while Hamlin Peak and Howes Peaks are visible along the ridge at center and center right. Mountain painted in a tone of grayish purple.
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: 1917-4-626
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and oil, graphite on paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 30.6 × 50.8 cm (12 1/16 × 20 in.)