The Iceberg, Canada
date: label: Date
content: 1859
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Seascape sketch near Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, of a sailboat in front of and dwarfed by an enormous iceberg that dominates the composition at center. Crowned in pointed spires and craggy ridges, the monumental iceberg makes the ship below it appears a diminutive toy--its two dark sails in stark contrast with the white berg behind it. The iceberg's vertical edges precipitously plummet into the water below. In the background, a rolling, mountainous coastline is visible along the central horizontal axis.
place: label: possibly made in
content: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
label: possibly made in
content: New York, USA
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: 1917-4-275-a
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 on light brown wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 11.4 × 21 cm (4 1/2 × 8 1/4 in.)