American Falls in the Snow, from Goat Island, New York
date: label: Date
content: March 20, 1856
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape sketch showing a view of the American Falls portion of Niagara Falls covered in snow, as viewed from Goat Island. In the immediately foreground, nearby water rushes over the edge of the falls down toward the cascade's frozen base at left. At right, a mass of ice and rocks atop the falls is visible, covered in snow. Just beyond it in the middle distance, the remaining portion of the American Falls is visible, with water cascading over its edge unimpeded. On the opposite shore, two wooden structures are visible within a barren wooded area. At left, the Niagara River flows into the background, hemmed in by steep banks at left and right, before curving to the left.
place: label: made in
content: New York, USA
label: place depicted
content: New York, USA
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Louis P. Church
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1917-4-765-b
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Oil and graphite on cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: 20.3 × 30.4 cm (8 × 11 15/16 in.)