Paddle Steamer at Dusk
date: label: Date
content: 1853 or 1857
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Seascape sketch showing a paddle steamer on choppy seas at dusk, likely off the coast of Colombia or Ecuador. Viewed slightly obliquely at center, the steamer kicks up frothing, white water as its smokestack disseminates a stream of black smoke from its glowing orifice. The large paddle wheel and several illuminated windows are also visible. In the background, the atmosphere lightens near the wavy horizon. At upper right, several stars are visible, including those that make up the Southern Cross.
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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: 1917-4-716
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 on dark brown paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 18.2 × 27.2 cm (7 3/16 × 10 11/16 in.)