Niagara, Horseshoe Falls and Goat Island
date: label: Date
content: October 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. In the foreground at left and right, rocks and plants emerge from the water near the shoreline. The river's swirling waters curve around the nearby bank and head toward the edge of the falls, which dramatically bend from left to center. A plume of mist is kicked up by the falls and rises above the river at center. In the distance at left, the Terrapin Tower is visible in front of the heavily wooded Goat Island.
label: Description
content: Verso: Loose landscape sketch showing a woodland scene of a stream coursing through trees and other undergrowth.
place: label: made in
content: USA
label: place depicted
content: 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-a
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 tan laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 28.2 × 45.7 cm (11 1/8 in. × 18 in.)