Object Details
Artist
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
Description
Landscape study showing a view of a vibrant sunrise over Frenchman Bay off the eastern coast of Mount Desert Island in Maine, specifically looking toward the Schoodic Peninsula from Schooner Head. In the foreground, small waves lap against semi-submerged rocks at lower right. In the middle distance at left, a rocky, wooded point of Schooner Head juts into the water. The rolling silhouette of Schoodic Peninsula stretches across the horizon in the background, with Schoodic Head prominently visible at right. Above, a massive, red-tinged band of clouds stretches across a golden, sun-soaked sky with other cream and orange clouds.
Credit Line
Gift of Louis P. Church
Date
1850–1851
Accession Number
1917-4-332
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
landscapes
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Oil and graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
22.8 × 35.6 cm (9 × 14 in.)
place depicted
Maine, USA
made in
Maine, USA
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1917-4-332