Great Basin of Mt. Katahdin, Maine, Part Three
date: label: Date
content: September 1877
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 central portion of a three-part panoramic view of the Great Basin of Mt. Katahdin in Maine. Viewed from the northern shore of Chimney Pond, the lower portion of the composition shows the tops of numerous conifer trees on the opposite shore of the pond. Beyond, the northwest interior wall of Katahdin's Great Basin wraps around us, encompassing the entire view. The walls of the basin are extremely craggy and rocky, and partially covered in vegetation. Oxidized white gouache highlights water and small cascades around the scene. Together with Hamlin Ridge at center right, the rugged northern ridge of Katahdin forms a high, serrated horizon. Sharp pinnacles visible throughout.
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: 1917-4-1150
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 oxidized white gouache on gray-green wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 27.6 × 42.5 cm (10 7/8 × 16 3/4 in.)