Image of an eye-level landscape view of Niagara Falls as seen from the Canadian river bank looking up towards the waterfalls and showing a steamboat in the water, a rainbow, and people, including an African American man, on the rocky shore. "Drawn from Nature and on Stone by Th. Benecke."--text, bottom left margin. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1856 by Theodore Beneke in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southn. District of New York."--text, bottom margin centered. "Published by Goupil & Co. 366 Broadway New York."--text, bottom margin centered. "Print of A. Weingartner's Lithy. N.Y."--text, bottom right margin. Handwritten note on verso, ms in pencil.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 72.39 x 102.24 cm (28 1/2 x 40 1/4 in.)
Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)--Pictorial works Niagara River (N.Y. and Ont.)--Pictorial works African Americans--Pictorial works Boats and boating--Pictorial works Landscapes--Pictorial works Rivers--Pictorial works Waterfalls--Pictorial works Annotations Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (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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