Image of an eye-level landscape view of Niagara Falls as seen from the high rocky shore in Ontario, Canada, facing Horseshoe Falls, with people looking at the waterfall in the foreground, a steamboat at the bottom of the falls, and hills, a house, the New York side, and the river in the distance. Probable date based on reference in Dow, Anthology and bibliography of Niagara Falls, Vol. 2: 900. "Painted by J. Hamilton from a sketch by T. Taylor."--text, bottom left margin. "Engraved at J.M. Butler's establishment, 242 Chestnut St. Philada."--text, bottom right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 engraving : uncolored ; overall 38.1 x 69.53 cm (15 x 27 3/8 in.)
Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)--Pictorial works Niagara River (N.Y. and Ont.)--Pictorial works Landscapes--Pictorial works Waterfalls--Pictorial works Rivers--Pictorial works Tourism--Pictorial works Intaglio prints--1825-1850. (gmgpc) Views. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection View Prints Large Size Northeast The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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