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American Falls from Goat Island

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Date:

1831-1897

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2886361

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William Molson Macpherson fonds

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American Falls from Goat Island
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Date(s):

1831-1897

Place:

New York?

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Publisher:

Illman and Pilbrow

Place of printing:

New York?

Extent:

1 print / estampe : aquatint with watercolour on wove paper
Support 49.300 x 57.000 cm
Image 40.700 x 53.100 cm
Platemark x cm

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View of the American Falls, hand coloured, with two goats in the foreground. Identified as one of several views of Niagara Falls in the William Molson Macpherson Collection. This work, which was framed at one time, was at Canada House in London until 1983., It is probably one of a set of six views of Niagara painted and engraved by Bennett, the "American fall taken from Goat Island" published in 1831. It may be a later reprint, since the inscription, with the exception of "At Illman & Pilbrow's" is quite light. 1989-514-112X is also from this set; that work does not have the Illman and Pilbrow inscription., Part of the set was reprinted in 1897.

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Artist: Bennett, W. J. (William James), 1787-1844

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Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed., Inscription: in the plate, l.r. under image:Painted & Eng.d by W.J.Bennett, Inscription: b. under the image:NIAGARA FALLS./To Thomas Dixon Esq.r this View of the American Fall taken from Goat Island,/is respectfully Inscribed by his Obedient Serv.t/Henry I. Megarey/Copy Right, Inscription: l.r. at the lower edge of support:Printed by John Neale/At Illman & Pilbrow's.
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Ontario

landscape

paysage
Source:

Private

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1989-514 X DAP
00110
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[Consultation90 Open]
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Item no. assigned by LAC [00110] 110

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1989-514-110
Copyright: Nil

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