Drawing, Niagara Falls in Winter, March 21, Frederic Edwin Church, 21 March 1856

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. 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.). Medium: gouache, graphite, paper. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Drawing, Niagara Falls in Winter, March 21, 1856 (CH 18194629)