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Coast of Grand Manan Island, Canada
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Coast of Grand Manan Island, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900 · August or September 1851 · Oil and graphite on paperboard

From the collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Landscape sketch showing a view of the cliff-strewn coastline of Grand Manan Island off the coast of Canada, possibly near Southwest Head. In the foreground, a sandy beach curves from the lower right corner into the middle distance at center left, while grassy bluffs ascend from the beach and out of frame at left. A rugged and nearly vertical cliff dominates the composition at center, and is partly enshrouded due to the sun's low position. The top of the cliff is lightly wooded with several trees. A rocky outcropping is semi-submerged just beyond the tip of the cliff, while the ocean extends into the background at right. The sky above is hazy.

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Credit lineCoast of Grand Manan Island, Canada. August or September 1851. Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Gift of Louis P. Church. CC0.

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