The Maid of the Mist beneath Horseshoe Falls, Niagara Falls, Canada
date: label: Date
content: September 1858
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Description
content: Landscape sketch showing a view of Horseshoe Falls from the Canadian bank of the Niagara River, featuring the Maid of the Mist below the falls at center left. Dominating the view, the falls expand horizontally across the composition as voluminous amounts of water cascade over the edge and create plumes of mist below. At center left, the Maid of the Mist, with its single, tall smokestack, is viewed from the rear as it floats beneath the falls. The tumultuous waters of the Niagara River extend from the foreground to the base of falls in the middle distance. In the background at right, the outline of the river's heavily wooded southern bank is faintly shown.
place: label: made in
content: Niagara Falls, Ontario, 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: 1917-4-55-b
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 laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 15.9 × 27.3 cm (6 1/4 × 10 3/4 in.)