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Iceberg in Cartwright's Bight, Southwest from Battle Harbor, Canada
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Iceberg in Cartwright's Bight, Southwest from Battle Harbor, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900 · June or July 1859 · Brush and oil paint, graphite on tan paperboard

From the collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Seascape sketch of a large iceberg floating in Cartwright's Bight, an inlet on the island known as Caribou Run off the coast of Labrador in Canada. Dominating the composition at center, the iceberg has a large, rugged prominence at left that flattens out to a form resembling a duck bill at right. The right side of the berg is a sheer, icy cliff. Dark, rippling ocean waters comprise the foreground while, in the background, sporadic clouds hang in a sky that gradates from a pinkish orange on the horizon, to greenish blue along the upper margin. In the lower portion, graphite guiding lines are visible at the base of a yellow-brown ground.

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s own description
Credit lineIceberg in Cartwright's Bight, Southwest from Battle Harbor, Canada. June or July 1859. Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Gift of Louis P. Church. CC0.

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