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Niagara Falls
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Date:1853Reference:Box number: A205-01Type of material:ArtFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:2964390Date(s):1853Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:1 watercolour / aquarelle : watercolour
Support 14.000 x 38.100 cmScope and content:The watercolour depicts a head on view of both the Horseshoe, American Falls and Goat Island with the terrapin tower. On the left is the stairway down to below the American Falls., June 1975 - visual inspection revealed that the work is soiled and has several creases (left edge, u.l., l.l.). There is a tear l.r. edge.Additional name(s):Additional information:Signatures and inscriptions note:Inscribed. Signed. Dated., Inscription: Inscribed recto: l.l. "G.W." in brushpoint; verso: u.c. "Wolverhampton Ex"; left side centre "Rough Sketch for the picture / painted for Mr. Whitworth / in return from the U. States 1853" by the artist in pencil; l.r. corner "Mr. Whitworth - Sir Joseph Whitworth the famous engineer / who had accompanied Mr. George Wallis on Commission to the U.S.A. 1853 & after whom Sir Whitworth Walls / [illegible] son was names" in another hand in pencil.Subject heading:Source:PrivateOther accession no.:1974-051 PIC
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Ordering and viewing options Conditions of access:Graphic (art)[Consultation Open]Box [1974-051][Consultation Open]A205-01 Item no. assigned by LAC 78[Consultation Open]Terms of use:Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1974-51-78 Source: purchased at Sotheby & Co. (Canada) Ltd.
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