Aurora Borealis, Mt. Desert Island, from Bar Harbor, Maine
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Object Details
- Artist
- Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- The "Northern Lights" hang in a green blanket over a promontory of Mount Desert Island, and are reflected in still water in the foreground. Night scene.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Louis P. Church
- September 1860
- Accession Number
- 1917-4-1374
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- landscapes
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Brush and oil paint on cardboard
- Dimensions
- 26.3 x 35.3 cm (10 3/8 x 13 7/8 in.)
- made in
- USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1917-4-1374
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4ec17eb6e-f882-41b7-8fe5-639d57907ee8
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