The Old Bishop, Grand Manan Island, Canada
date: label: Date
content: September 1851
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 rock formation now known as "the Bishop" on the north coast of Grand Manan Island in Canada. Dominating the composition at center, the Bishop is characterized by its slightly tapering, columnar formation and its uneven, rocky surface divided by numerous vertical and horizontal fissures. Several large boulders and stones rest in a pile on the uneven ground at the base of the Bishop. A rocky cliffside extends out of frame at left, while ocean water is visible in the foreground at right, and extends to the flat horizon in the background at right.
place: label: made in
content: New Brunswick, Canada
label: place depicted
content: New Brunswick, 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: 1917-4-397-a
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing
label: Type
content: drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on light brown wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 31.9 × 44.7 cm (12 9/16 × 17 5/8 in.)