Iceberg and Ice Flower, Canada
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826â1900
JuneâJuly 1859
Medium
seascapes
Classification
seascapes
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Louis P. Church
Accession Number
1917-4-296-b
About this artwork
Landscape sketch showing a view of a tall, sharp iceberg and a frozen formation resembling a flower or whale's tail in the waters off Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Dominating the composition at center, the iceberg is roughly pyramidal in shape with sharp, pointed top and bands of aquamarine ice at its midpoint and its base. Affixed to this berg at left is a small, frozen formation resembling a flower or the tail of a marine mammal. Dark, purple-brown ocean waters ripple around it. On the ho...