Big Island, Battle Harbour, Canada
date: label: Date
content: July 7-10, 1859
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 view of rocky cliffs along the shoreline of Great Caribou Island (referred to by Church as "Big Island") near the town of Battle Harbour in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Foamy, white and blue surf comprises the foreground as it breaks against the rocks, which dominate the composition at left and center. The steep, craggy cliffs rise abruptly out of the water and include a wide vein of white rock, like quartz, that ascends diagonally from left to right. The overcast sky is visible along the upper margin, above.
place: label: made in
content: Battle Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
label: place depicted
content: Battle Harbour, 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: 1917-4-648
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: 27.3 × 45.5 cm (10 3/4 × 17 15/16 in.)