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General View of the Falls of Niagara from the top of the stairs on the American Side

Hierarchical level:

Item

Date:

ca. 1825

Reference:

R9266

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2838063

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Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana at the National Archives of Canada

Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, 2002 Acquisition

General View of the Falls of Niagara from the top of the stairs on the American Side
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

ca. 1825

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 watercolour / aquarelle : watercolour on wove paper laid down
Support 15.000 x 23.900 cm

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Image depicting the Horseshoe Falls and the American Falls at Niagara seen from the East side of the American Falls. A few people stand on the green grass, admiring the view. A man is seen walking down some stairs that are visible in the foreground., An old backing is kept loose underneath the newer hinged mount. The inscriptions it carries read: "J.P.C. / Niagara -"

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Artist: Cockburn, James Pattison, 1779-1847

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Alpha-numeric note:

Sotheby's inventory no. W551

Availability of other formats note:

Colour transparency available

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: in pencil, verso c.: General View of the Falls of Niagara from the / top of the stairs on the American Stairs;
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Ontario

landscape

paysage
Source:

Private

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00100
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
No restriction on access or on use for publication or reproduction.

Item no. assigned by LAC [R9266] 100

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [00100] C-150526

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-100 Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana
Copyright: Expired

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