The Gorge of the Niagara River, New York
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 view of the Gorge of the Niagara River and the Suspension Bridge, as seem looking upstream from a position north of the Bridge. The river's frothing waters churn violently as they are bottlen-necked by the steep, rocky walls of the gorge--visible flanking the water at left and right. The turbulent surf kicks up specks of foam, articulated in white gouache. Visible in the middle distance at center, a suspension bridge (commonly known simply as "The Suspension Bridge") traverses the span of the gorge, as a train, spewing exhaust, travels leftward on the upper level of the bridge, while a horse-drawn carriage is included on the lower level. One pair of the bridge's towers are shown perched atop the gorge's cliffs at right. In the background, the steep, wooded bank of the Niagara River is visible.
place: label: place depicted
content: New York, USA
label: made in
content: New York, USA
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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: 1917-4-169
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 oxidizing white gouache on tan wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 28.4 × 45.4 cm (11 3/16 × 17 7/8 in.)