Horseshoe Falls and Terrapin Tower, Niagara River, Canada
date: label: Date
content: October 1856
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 the Terrapin Tower and the eastern portion of Horseshoe Falls as viewed from the Canadian bank of the Niagara River. The water of the cascades crashes dramatically onto a pile of rocks and boulders. Beyond the Terrapin Tower, the cliffs of Goat Island are visible. Below, foam and mist float around the waters of the Niagara River.
place: label: made in
content: Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
label: place depicted
content: USA/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: 1917-4-33-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 brown wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 27.3 × 31.1 cm (10 3/4 × 12 1/4 in.)