Maine Coast, Mt. Desert Island

An oil sketch on tan paper showing a calm, dark sea meeting a pale grey sky under a low horizon, with a small rocky outcrop at the right edge. A warm orange-brown band forms the foreground, and handwritten notes along its lower edge record the wind as fresh from the northwest.

Artist

Frederic Edwin Church

Date

July–September 1850

Medium

Oil on tan wove paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

4000 × 2885 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum