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Mt. Desert Island from Sutton Island, Maine
From the collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Landscape sketch showing a view of Mt. Desert Island, Maine, from nearby Sutton Island looking northeast. The atmosphere and landscape are suffused with a warm, rosy light from rising or setting sun (also a product of the brick colored ground used in this and other works from the period). The hills of Mt. Desert are visible at left with a rocky shoreline in the foreground. Light, scattered clouds throughout the top portion of the composition. Three boats with white sails glide upon the water at a distance.
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineMt. Desert Island from Sutton Island, Maine. 1850. Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Gift of Louis P. Church. CC0.
