Cliffs at Grand Manan Island, Canada
date: label: Date
content: August–September 1851
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 dramatic cliffs on the coast of Grand Manan Island in Canada, likely at Southwest Head. Made of geometic columns of hard rock known as basalt, the cliffs extend horizontally across the scene as their geologic composition lend them a sense of verticality and upward movement. Viewed from an elevated perspective above a curving sandy beach, the cliffs have a notably rough, even sharp texture. They are partly enshrouded due to the sun's low position in the sky, out of frame at right. Heavy green vegetation grows atop these cliffs, including several trees. Above, bands of puffy clouds stretch across and otherwise deep blue sky.
place: label: made in
content: New Brunswick, Canada
label: place depicted
content: New Brunswick, 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: 1917-4-658
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 on cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: 28.3 × 40.6 cm (11 1/8 × 16 in.)