Iceberg near Belle Isle, Canada
date: label: Date
content: July 15, 1859
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Seascape sketch showing a view of a large, craggy iceberg floating in the waters near Belle Isle, off the coast of Labrador, Canada. Dominating the composition at center, the foremost portion of the iceberg is defined by extremely craggy, serrated, potentially collapsed forms that resemble broken porcelain. The rear portion of the berg features a double-humped prominence. Sheer, vertical edge on left side of the iceberg.
place: label: made in
content: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
label: place 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: 1917-4-744-c
objectType: label: Type
content: seascapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on tan wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 31.2 × 45.5 cm (12 5/16 × 17 15/16 in.)