Coastal Cliffs near St. John's, Canada
date: label: Date
content: June 22, 1859
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape and seascape sketch showing a view of the cliffs and rocky prominences of the coastline near the city of St. John's in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. A sketch showing a wide view of the nearby undulating and rocky terrain stretches across the composition at center. At right, steep cliffs descend into the ocean water while a distant horizon is visible above. At lower center, a separate, vignetted view of the steep and curving coastline is included.
place: label: made in
content: St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
label: place depicted
content: St. John's, 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: 1917-4-320-a
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
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: 11.5 × 21.1 cm (4 1/2 × 8 5/16 in.)