Carter Dome from Carter Lake, New Hampshire

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Artist
William Louis Sonntag, American, 1822 – 1900
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
A bright winter landscape at sunrise or sunset. A lake inlet in center foreground with low rocks at lower right and windswept rocks, brush and trees in left foreground into middleground. Looming over the lake, in right middleground, a large ball-shaped mountain with remnants of snow a crevice. An orange, yellow, and blue sky fills the upper left quarter of the sheet.
Credit Line
Gift of William H. Matthews from the Estate of Frederick A. Moore
ca. 1880
Accession Number
1956-183-1
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
landscapes
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Brush and watercolor, ink, gouache, graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
33.5 x 48.5 cm (13 3/16 x 19 1/8 in.), irregular
made in
USA
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Record ID
chndm_1956-183-1
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4307dac35-2422-47dc-a71f-bb9d265b57de
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