Maine, Lake Katahdin by Frederic Edwin Church, 1879 charlotte This map of New Orleans

This map of New Orleans

inviting the viewer to ponder the daily lives of its inhabitants centuries ago

This elegant piece is not only perfect for personal art collections but also makes an exceptional gift for any occasion such as Christmas

The map's projection

Maine, Lake Katahdin by Frederic Edwin Church, 1879 charlotte This map of New OrleansMaine, Lake Katahdin (1879) by Frederic Edwin Church invites the viewer into a moment of profound stillness at the highest peak in Maine. Painted in 1879 by one of the leading lights of the Hudson River School, this luminous scene distills Churchs lifelong reverence for wild places into a quiet meditation on light, air, and scale. Mount Katahdin rises with unassuming grandeur beyond a tranquil lake, its slopes and shoreline bathed in warm, late day