Cloudy Sky over a Wooded Ridge, Niagara Falls
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 and atmosphere sketch showing a view of a cloudy sky above a wooded ridge near Niagara Falls, backlit by the light of the sun or moon. Dark treetops are visible along the lower margin, while light and dark clouds mix in the sky above.
label: Description
content: Verso: Landscape sketch showing a view of Horseshoe Falls and Terrapin Tower from the Canadian bank of the Niagara River. Viewed from below, the massive falls stretch horizonally across the composition and send sheets of water cascading over the edge. The Terrapin Tower is visible, perched atop the edge of the falls at left. In the foreground below, the churning water of the Niagara River is visible.
place: label: made in
content: Niagara Falls, Ontario, 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: 1917-4-143-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 gray-green wove paper; verso: graphite and white gouache
label: Dimensions
content: 12.3 × 23 cm (4 13/16 × 9 1/16 in.)