
The Sphynx, Apostle Islands, Lake Superior
A hand-colored photomechanical print shows a red sandstone sea stack balanced on a wider rock base in calm turquoise water. A small steamboat and a rowboat sit on the lake, with forested cliffs at left and a pale sky at right.
- Artist
- Unidentified
- Date
- 1898
- Medium
- chromolithograph
- Source
- Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
- Size
- 3000 × 2366 px
Public domain · Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1898).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum