Night View of a Seaport
date: label: Date
content: 1868-1869
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape study showing a view of a coastal city at night, seen across a bay. In the foreground at right, a shoreline is visible with a sailboat anchored nearby. A lighthouse on a small island is shown in the middle distance at right, shining its orange-red light toward the viewer. The buildings and lights of a city are visible along a hilly coastline in the distance at center. In the background, a range of hills creates an undulating horizon. Above, one twinkling star hangs a twilight sky rendered in a gradient from yellow-green to aquamarine.
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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: 1917-4-1362
objectType: label: Type
content: seascapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Oil paint and graphite on paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 15.8 × 29.5 cm (6 1/4 × 11 5/8 in.)