Horseshoe Falls and Goat Island from the Canadian Bank, Niagara Falls, Canada
date: label: Date
content: October 6, 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 Horseshoe Falls and Goat Island from the Canadian bank of the Niagara River. The trees and foliage of the nearby bank are visible in the foreground at right, with some plants at lower left. At center, the bulging portion of Horseshoe Falls is shown with the Terrapin Tower prominently perched on its edge at center left. At center right, the immense falls kick up a plume of mist. At far left, the woods and sheer cliffs of Goat Island are shown. In the background, the heavily wooded southern shoreline stretches across the horizon.
place: label: made in
content: Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
label: place depicted
content: USA/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: 1917-4-33-c
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite and white gouache on gray-green wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 28.8 × 45.7 cm (11 5/16 in. × 18 in.)