Sunset Near Bar Harbor, Maine
date: label: Date
content: 1854–1862
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Description
content: Landscape sketch showing a view of a vibrant sunset over the coast of Mt. Desert Island in Maine, likely viewed from or near Bar Harbor. In the foreground, a nearby wooded shoreline is visible at left as a thin strip of land stretches across the water in the immediate foreground. Another body of water comprises the middle distance, and is bounded by dark, wooded coastal hills in the background. Above at center, two bands of clouds are bright illuminated in a vibrant shade of pinkish-red, while the otherwise open sky is rendered in a gradient from purple to yellow.
label: Description
content: Verso: Loose figure sketch of a lizard resembling an iguana that has long toes and claws, a long, skinny tail, sharp dorsal crests, and a distinct dewlap (or flap of skin hanging from the neck or throat). It is shown in left profile.
place: label: made in
content: Bar Harbor, 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: 1917-4-702
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Oil on tan paperboard; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 19.5 x 34.6 cm (7 11/16 x 13 5/8 in.)