Niagara Falls and Goat Island, Niagara Falls, Canada
date: label: Date
content: 1856 or 1858
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 broad view of Niagara Falls from the Canadian side of the Niagara River. At left, the American Falls are visible and a portion of Horseshoe Falls is shown at right, while the heavily wooded Goat Island intercedes betwen the two at center. Water cascades in heavy, white ribbons over the edge of either fall, while towers are visible on either side. Below, in the foreground and middle distance, the white, churning waters of the Niagara River are visible.
place: label: made in
content: Niagara Falls, 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: 1917-4-142-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 wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 12.3 × 22.8 cm (4 13/16 in. × 9 in.)