Water Falling on Rocks
date: label: Date
content: 1856–62
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 water falling on rocks--either a product of waves breaking against a rugged seashore or mist falling on the boulders at the base of Niagara Falls. In the foreground at center, a pile of rocks has a billowing, misty plume of vaporous water crashing into or falling upon them, which then organizes into small rivulets between the rocks. Space behind the mist is lightly shaded. Plume and water articulated in white gouache.
place: label: place probably depicted
content: New York, USA
label: probably made in
content: New York, USA
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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: 1917-4-318-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, brush and white gouache on light brown wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 10.9 × 17.6 cm (4 5/16 × 6 15/16 in.)