Prospect Point and the American Falls, Niagara River, New York
date: label: Date
content: 1856 or 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 view of Prospect Point and the American Falls from the Canadian side of the Niagara River. At left, the shadowy cliffs below the heavily wooded Prospect Point are shown, while at center and right, the white water of the Niagara River cascades over the American Falls. At right, a wooded island--likely Robinson Island--is visible. In the foreground below, the churning waters of the rivers are shown.
label: Description
content: Verso: Landscape sketch likely showing an imagined view of a lush river valley with multiple waterfalls and a town or structure built on a plateau in the distance at center. At left and right, heavily wooded hillsides overlap one another as they slope inward. In the foreground, trees with abundant canopies are shown at left and right.
place: label: place depicted
content: New York, USA
label: made in
content: Niagara Falls, Ontario, 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: 1917-4-146-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: Graphite and white gouache on gray-green wove paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 9.6 x 14.6 cm (3 3/4 x 5 3/4 in.)