Rim of the American Falls, Niagara River
date: label: Date
content: 1856
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 American Falls of the Niagara River from the American side. The falls' curving edge zigzags from the foreground at lower center to the middle distance at center, as ribbons of water cascade into the basin below. Cliffs and rocks at the base of the falls are outlined at right.
label: Description
content: Verso: Landscape sketch showing slight, unfinished view of Niagara Falls from below. Only its edge and some falling water are rendered.
place: label: place depicted
content: New York, USA
label: made in
content: Niagara Falls, 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: 1917-4-145-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, brush and white gouache on gray-green wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 9.6 × 15.2 cm (3 3/4 × 6 in.)