Object Details
Artist
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Landscape sketch showing a view of Great Head from Sand Beach on Mount Desert Island in Maine. In the immediate foreground, nearby rocks are rendered only in graphite, revealing the brick-colored grounding, while waves crash on the sandy beach just beyond them. The dark greenish-blue waters of Newport Cove extend over the middle distance until they encounter the sheer, rocky cliffs on the western side of Great Head that rise abruptly at left and center. The cape's wooded hills rise over these red-toned cliff, which taper down to a rocky point at center right. An open and warmly-hued sky reigns above.
Credit Line
Gift of Louis P. Church
Date
probably 1850
Accession Number
1917-4-796-b
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
landscapes
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Oil and graphite on tan wove paper
Dimensions
20.3 × 35.5 cm (8 × 14 in.)
made in
Maine, USA
place depicted
Maine, USA
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Data Source
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Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1917-4-796-b