Iceberg Under Cloudy Skies, Canada
date: label: Date
content: June–July 1859
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Seascape and landscape sketch showing a view of an immense iceberg in the waters off Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada. Dominating the composition at center, the iceberg is long and craggy with two tall, sharp prominences at either end. Broken forms of ice characterize the center bulge, which has veins of dark blue and aquamarine ice. The dark ocean water turns light around its base. In the background at left, a rugged, rolling coastline is visible. The sky above is filled with warm, purple-brown clouds at sunset. The light brown ground is visible along the lower margin.
place: label: made in
content: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
label: place depicted
content: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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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: 1917-4-305-b
objectType: label: Type
content: seascapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and oil paint, graphite on tan paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 30.5 × 51 cm (12 × 20 1/16 in.)