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Icebergs near Cape St. John, Canada

Creator Name

Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

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Date

1850s

About the Work

"Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum" Object Description
Seascape sketches showing two views that each include two icebergs, recorded off the coast of Newfoundland island near Cape St. John, organized into two stacked rows. In the upper row, two large, rugged, and amorphous icebergs float in close proximity--possibly two peaks of a single berg. In the lower row, two similar icebegs--possibly the same as those in the upper row--stand at a greater distance from one another while ice fragments float in the water between them. The iceberg at left has a distinctly sharp, serrated contour.

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Title

Icebergs near Cape St. John, Canada

Creator

Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, Artist

Worktype

seascapes; Drawing; Seascapes; Drawings

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Material

Graphite and gouache on brown wove paper

Dimensions

27.6 × 45.1 cm (10 7/8 × 17 3/4 in.)

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Date

1850s;
Date: July 5, 1859

Provenance

Credit Line: Gift of Louis P. Church

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Location

Canada; Newfoundland and Labrador

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Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, Icebergs near Cape St. John, Canada, 1850s, "Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum", Smithsonian Institution. CC0.

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