Schoodic Peninsula from Mt. Desert Island at Sunrise, Maine
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826â1900
1850â1851
Classification
landscapes
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Louis P. Church
Accession Number
1917-4-332
About this artwork
Landscape study showing a view of a vibrant sunrise over Frenchman Bay off the eastern coast of Mount Desert Island in Maine, specifically looking toward the Schoodic Peninsula from Schooner Head. In the foreground, small waves lap against semi-submerged rocks at lower right. In the middle distance at left, a rocky, wooded point of Schooner Head juts into the water. The rolling silhouette of Schoodic Peninsula stretches across the horizon in the background, with Schoodic Head prominently visible...