Ledge near the Whirlpool, Niagara Falls
date: label: Date
content: September 1858
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 a rocky ledge on the banks of the Niagara River near the Whirlpool and beyond the Falls. Highlighted in white gouache, which may represent ice or, more likely, dripping water, the ledge has a flat, platform-like top that bulges slightly. Behind this rocky outcropping and to its left are dark groups of loosely rendered trees.
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: 1917-4-55-c
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 light brown wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 23 × 31 cm (9 1/16 × 12 3/16 in.)