Niagara River Gorge, New York
date: label: Date
content: probably 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 the rapids of the Niagara River Gorge. Dominating the composition at center, the waves and roiling surf are bounded at left and right by steep, tree-covered river banks, which are also visible in the background.
label: Description
content: Verso: Quick, loose sketch of Niagara Falls viewed from the Canadian side with the American Falls at left, Goat Island at center, and Horseshoe Falls at right with Terrapin Tower predominantly visible.
place: label: made in
content: Niagara Falls, 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: 1917-4-170
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 tan wove paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 27.3 × 45.8 cm (10 3/4 × 18 1/16 in.)