Effect of Shadows over Cliffs, Grand Manan Island, Canada

A graphite sketch on tan paper shows a steep rocky cliff face rising at right, its ridges hatched in pale strokes, while dark shadow bands stretch across the water at left. A low shoreline of rocks and sea runs along the base, with a handwritten inscription and date in the upper right and lower left corners.

Artist

Frederic Edwin Church

Date

September 2, 1851

Medium

Graphite and oxidized white gouache on tan wove paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

4000 × 3016 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum