# Coastal Cliffs near St. John's, Canada

- By: Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900)
- Date: June 22, 1859
- Medium: Graphite on light brown wove paper
- Classification: Drawings
- Dimensions: 11.5 × 21.1 cm (4 1/2 × 8 5/16 in.)
- Culture: Canada
- Credit line: Gift of Louis P. Church
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/22884)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/78528fbffa60d43ae4f06370cfebb087.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Landscape and seascape sketch showing a view of the cliffs and rocky prominences of the coastline near the city of St. John's in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. A sketch showing a wide view of the nearby undulating and rocky terrain stretches across the composition at center. At right, steep cliffs descend into the ocean water while a distant horizon is visible above. At lower center, a separate, vignetted view of the steep and curving coastline is included.