Boulders beneath Niagara Falls, Canada
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 immense boulders at the base of Niagara Falls, possibly the Canadian Bank of the Niagara River. A pile of these massive boulders dominates the composition at center, visually comprised of roughly planar and cubic forms that reach a rugged peak covered in grass. Behind it, a portion of Niagara Falls extends diagonally into the background from upper right to center left. Portions of whitewater along the crest of the falls are highlighted in white gouache. Some trees and other vegetation are visible at upper right.
place: label: made in
content: Canada
label: place depicted
content: 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: 1917-4-993-c
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 tan wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 45.6 × 30.9 cm (17 15/16 × 12 3/16 in.)