Object Details
- Artist
- Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Landscape sketch showing a view of a campfire beside a shallow mountain stream in the woods of Maine. The immense trunks of two fallen trees criss-cross at center, creating a pocket in which the fire burns. Its rich red-orange flames lap the thick branches that fuel it, while others become glowing coals in the depths of the inferno. Below, comprising the foreground, a shallow, rocky stream reflects the fire's warm light. A steep mountainside strewn with fallen leaves, decaying trees, and other detritus backdrops the scene.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Louis P. Church
- 1850–1856
- Accession Number
- 1917-4-854
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- nature studies
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Oil on cream paperboard
- Dimensions
- 24.8 × 33.3 cm (9 3/4 × 13 1/8 in.)
- made in
- USA
- place depicted
- Maine, USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1917-4-854
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4548af40a-4e1c-490b-a1da-f5830f9d8370
