Sketches from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
date: label: Date
content: June–July 1859
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Mixed sketches showing three views around Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. At upper left, a view of a distant iceberg highlighted in white gouache is shown; visible at upper right are three sketches of sailboats--one shown obliquely, one in left profile without sails, and another shown from the stern; and finally, a faint view of a rugged, mountainous coastline stretches across the composition at center.
label: Description
content: Verso: Loose, unfinished sketch of a pyramidal iceberg with rough, craggy edges.
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: 1917-4-279
objectType: label: Type
content: seascapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite and white gouache on brown paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 27.6 × 45.5 cm (10 7/8 × 17 15/16 in.)