File:Drawing, Niagara Falls with the Terrapin Tower, 1856 (CH 18197191).jpg

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Frederic Edwin Church: English: Drawing, Niagara Falls with the Terrapin Tower, 1856   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Frederic Edwin Church  (1826–1900)  wikidata:Q366212
 
Frederic Edwin Church
Alternative names
Frederick Edwin Church
Description American painter, landscape painter, art collector and traveler
Date of birth/death 4 May 1826 Edit this at Wikidata 7 April 1900 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Hartford New York City
Work location
Catskill; New York City; Ecuador; Colombia; Petra; Rome; Colony of Jamaica; Mexico; Olana State Historic Site; Jamaica Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q366212
Title
English: Drawing, Niagara Falls with the Terrapin Tower, 1856
Description
English: A view of the Canadian Falls is shown from the bottom of Goat Island, near the water line. Large rocks dominate the foreground and Terrapin Tower is visible at top left above the falls. On the verso of the sheet is a sketch of rainbows in the spray.
Date 1856
date QS:P571,+1856-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium graphite, brush and white gouache on light-green wove paper
Dimensions 30.6 x 44.4 cm (12 1/16 x 17 1/2 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1917-4-34-a
Credit line Gift of Louis P. Church
Inscriptions Recto: Stamped in black ink lower left: Museum for the Arts of Decoration Cooper Union [Lugt 457c]
Notes
  • Type: Drawing
  • Inscribed: Inscribed in graphite, at bottom left: Where the water washes the rock the color / is a lightish yellowish brown warm. / Dry rock, grey and blackish, but warm.
  • Period: Hudson River School
  • Country: United States
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