Goat Island and Terrapin Tower, Niagara River, New York
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 Goat Island and the Terrapin Tower atop Horseshoe Falls, likely viewed from the American side of the Niagara River, on the north side of the American Falls. At center, the abundant vegetation of Goat Island and its sheer cliff are visible. Beyond it, the Terrapin Tower is shown atop the northern edge of Horseshoe Falls.
label: Description
content: Verso: Mixed indistinct sketches on the front of a postal letter, showing two inlaid circles at center and a form resembling a vase at left.
place: label: made in
content: Niagara Falls, New York, USA
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: 1917-4-1282-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 tan wove paper; verso: graphite and black ink
label: Dimensions
content: 8.4 × 12.5 cm (3 5/16 × 4 15/16 in.)