Niagara Falls at Night, Canada
date: label: Date
content: 1851–1858
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 nocturnal view of the Horsefall Falls portion of Niagara Falls from the Canadian bank of the Niagara River. In the foreground, the nearby bank curves from left to right and into the middle distance, framing the tumultuous river pool below. In the middle distance at center, Horseshoe Falls sends up a towering plume of mist from the base of the cascade. Terrapin Tower is visible on the left side of the Falls, beside the heavily wooded Goat Island at far left. In the background, the Canadian Bank of the Niagara River forms the horizon. Above, a dark sky is faintly lit at left, indicating eastern light and, possibly, the rising sun.
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: 1917-4-766-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: Oil on tan paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 18.7 × 29.8 cm (7 3/8 × 11 3/4 in.)