Effect of Shadows over Cliffs, Grand Manan Island, Canada
date: label: Date
content: September 2, 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 the effects of shadows from clouds over cliffs along the coast of Grand Manan Island in Canada, possibly near Southwest Head or Dark Harbour. Ocean water comprises the foreground, with three semi-submerged rocks visible at right. In the middle distance, a rugged and stone-strewn shoreline is engulfed in shadow by clouds overhead, before abruptly ascending to sheer, rocky cliffs. Seemingly made up of basalt columns, these cliffs are defined by vertical pillars of rock. Trees and other vegetation are visible along their flat crests, while birds fly nearby. In the background at left, distant clouds are rendered in oxidized white gouache, which appears black.
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: 1917-4-398-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 oxidized white gouache on tan wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 33.4 × 44.3 cm (13 1/8 × 17 7/16 in.)