Niagara Falls and Terrapin Tower in Winter, New York
date: label: Date
content: March 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 Terrapin Tower and the Horseshoe Falls portion of Niagara Falls from Goat Island, New York. In the foreground, the nearby snowy riverbank is shown with a wooden walkway with handrails that traverses a nearby rivulet to Terrapin Point, where Terrapin Tower stands on the very edge of Horseshoe Falls. An observation platform is visible at the top of the tower, which is covered in ice and snow. From Terrapin Point, the Falls curve to the left through the middle distance and into the background, where the Canadian Bank of the Niagara River is visible--wooded and snow-covered. At center and right, a towering plume of mist rises from the base of the Falls and catches the pink light of the setting sun, which streams in from the west. Above, a largely overcast sky breaks up at right to reveal blue sky.
place: label: made in
content: New York, USA
label: place depicted
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: 1917-4-765-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: Oil and graphite on cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: 29.3 × 44 cm (11 9/16 × 17 5/16 in.)