Iceberg off Torbay, Canada
date: label: Date
content: June 23–24, 1859
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Seascape sketch showing a view of an iceberg floating near the coast of the island of Newfoundland, Canada, near the town of Torbay. Situated in the middle distance at center, the iceberg is asymmetrical in shape, with its right side comprised of a tall, roughly rectangular tower, and its left side, largely flat. The berg is illuminated at left and shaded at right. Blue ocean water ripples in the foreground. The sky above is a warm, hazy tint of bluish gray.
place: label: made in
content: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
label: place depicted
content: Newfoundland and Labrador, 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: 1917-4-714-b
objectType: label: Type
content: seascapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and oil paint, graphite on paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 12.9 × 28.2 cm (5 1/16 × 11 1/8 in.)