Mt. Katahdin and Turner Mountain from Katahdin Lake, Maine
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826â1900
probably September 1877
Classification
landscapes
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Louis P. Church
Accession Number
1917-4-643
About this artwork
Landscape sketch showing a view of Mt. Katahdin and Turner Mountain from the southeastern shore of Katahdin Lake. A semi-submerged rock is included in the immediate foreground at left. Another large boulder is positioned on the nearby shoreline at left, beside a pair of deciduous trees (likely birch). The lake's surface stretches into the middle distance, where the opposite shore is visible. Multiple mountains stretch across the terrain in the background: the pyramidal Katahdin (and Pamola) at l...