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Coast of Grand Manan Island, Canada

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Dark cliffs at right; small cove with rock and branch-strewn beach in foreground. Gray skies over still water at left. Small boat with a standing figure with what appears to be a dog, at center close to horizon line.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Artist
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
Date
August or September 1851
Credit Line
Gift of Louis P. Church
Medium
Brush and oil paint, graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
30.8 x 40.7 cm (12 1/8 in. x 16 in.)
Type
landscapes
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing

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