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Frederic Edwin Church: English: Drawing, Niagara Falls in Winter, March 21, 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 Edit this at Wikidata New York City Edit this at Wikidata
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 in Winter, March 21, 1856
Description
English: Horizontal view of Niagara river rushing downstream and Falls cascading into pool in right foreground; a snow-covered bank, in left foreground, contains three straggly, bare trees with a more heavily forested bank on farshore. Horseshoe falls at right distance under bleak wintry sky filled with several thick clouds.
Date 21 March 1856
date QS:P571,+1856-03-21T00:00:00Z/11
Medium graphite, brush and white gouache on gray buff paper
Dimensions

Sheet: 29.8 x 44.6 cm (11 3/4 x 17 9/16 in.)

Frame H x W x D: 44.8 x 60.3 cm (17 5/8 x 23 3/4 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1917-4-144
Credit line Gift of Louis P. Church
Inscriptions Stamped in black ink, at lower left: Lugt 457d, noir
Notes
  • Type: Drawing
  • Inscribed: Inscribed in graphite, at bottom left: Niagara/ March 21.56; again at upper right: 2. Blue sha- dow 3. Illuminated with mist / 4. Mist 5. Green 6. Grey green; again within bank, at left of center: mist ; and within water, at right of center: purplish.
  • Period: Hudson River School
  • Country: United States
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