Object Details
Artist
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Seascape sketch showing view of waves breaking in a rocky tide pool along the Maine coast at Mt. Desert Island. Sky is rendered in a grayish light purple, rocks are a deep brown. Churning green seawater crashes against the rock at center and right, producing white foam. Dark orange ground is visible along lower margin.
Credit Line
Gift of Louis P. Church
Date
1850
Accession Number
1917-4-798-a
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
seascapes
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Brush and oil, graphite on cardboard
Dimensions
30.7 × 40.8 cm (12 1/16 × 16 1/16 in.)
made in
Maine, USA
place depicted
Maine, USA
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1917-4-798-a