Pamola Peak and Mt. Katahdin from a Basin Pond, Maine

An oil sketch on paperboard showing a steep, sunlit mountain rising above a dark band of conifers and a broad, grey-toned lake in the foreground. Warm ochre and violet tones model the slopes under a cloudy sky, with loose, quick brushwork.

Artist

Frederic Edwin Church

Date

1877 - 1881

Medium

Oil and graphite on paperboard

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

4000 × 2455 px

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