Drawing, Mt. Desert Island, Maine Coast, 1850, Frederic Edwin Church
A large group of rocks at lower right foreground, jut out into a body of water. On the horizon line at center left is the distant shoreline. Two small sailboats at center. Scattered clouds fill top half of painting. Object Type: painting. Genre: landscape painting. Date: 1850. Place of creation: United States of America. Dimensions: height: 19.6 cm (7.7 in); width: 30.5 cm (12 in) (7 11/16 x 12 in.). Medium: oil on cream wove paper. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Drawing, Mt. Desert Island, Maine Coast, 1850 (CH 18200243)