TREES ON GOAT ISLAND, NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK
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Trees on Goat Island, Niagara Falls, New York

Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900)

September 1858

Medium
Graphite on gray-green laid paper
Classification
Studies (visual works)
Dimensions
14.9 × 9.7 cm (5 7/8 × 3 13/16 in.)
Culture
New York
Museum
Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Credit line
Gift of Louis P. Church
Rights
CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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About this work

Landscape and botanical sketch showing a view of trees and other vegetation on Goat Island near Niagara Falls. Two taller, mostly leafless trees are visible at left with another at right, surrounded by other tree trunks, branches, and other foliage.