Floating Iceberg, Canada
date: label: Date
content: June–July 1859
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Description
content: Seascape sketch showing a view of an immense, white iceberg floating on sea around Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Dark blue, rippling ocean waters extend through the foreground and into the middle distance, where they encounter the base of the iceberg. The berg itself is characterized by its many furrows and ridges, its tall, sheer face, and its craggy, undulating ridge--which culminates in a tall, triangular peak at center left. The flat ocean horizon is visible in the distance behind the iceberg. The sky above is rendered in a gradient from blue-green to rosy-blue.
place: label: made in
content: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
label: place possibly depicted
content: Newfoundland and Labrador, 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: 1917-4-296-a
objectType: label: Type
content: seascapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Oil and graphite on tan paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 19 × 37.6 cm (7 1/2 × 14 13/16 in.)