Horseshoe Falls on the Niagara River, Canada
date: label: Date
content: 1856 or 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 Horseshoe Falls on the Niagara River, as seen from a lowered perspective on the Canadian side. The enormous curving form of the falls extends from the foreground at right to the middle distance at center, as voluminous ribbons of water cascade over its edge and send up clouds of mist upon impact. The white, frothing water is visible along the lower margin, while nearby rocks are shown in the lower right corner.
place: label: made in
content: Niagara, Canada
label: place depicted
content: Niagara Falls, 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: 1917-4-143-b
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: 12.3 × 22.8 cm (4 13/16 in. × 9 in.)