Iceberg Against the Evening Sky, Canada
date: label: Date
content: June–July 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 bluish-green pyramidal iceberg against a fiery sunset sky off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Situated in the middle distance at center across an expanse of dark water that comprises the foreground, the iceberg is defined by a tall cone flanked by two shorter prominences at left and right. In the background, the sky glows a luminous hue of orange-pink at sunset.
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: 1917-4-731
objectType: label: Type
content: seascapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Oil and graphite on paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 11.7 × 29.8 cm (4 5/8 × 11 3/4 in.)