Distant Iceberg at Sea, Canada
date: label: Date
content: July 6, 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 distant iceberg at sea near the coasts of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The foreground is comprised of rippling ocean water that brightly reflects the sun's glowing light. In the distance, on the horizon at center, a single iceberg is visible, highlighted in white gouache and characterized by its single prominent peak. Backlit, silver-lined clouds hang in the sky above.
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: 1917-4-274-b
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 and white gouache on light brown wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 11.4 x 20.6 cm (4 1/2 x 8 1/8 in. )