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Great Horse Shoe Fall

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Item

Date:

n.d.

Reference:

R9266

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3030731

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Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana at the National Archives of Canada

Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, 2002 Acquisition

Great Horse Shoe Fall
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

n.d.

Place:

London (England):

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Place of printing:

London (England):

Extent:

1 Print / Estampe : Lithograph on wove paper
Support x cm

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Figures are in the foreground in this image of the Great Horse-Shoe Fall that offers a view of Goat Island and the Canadian side of Niagra Falls., This print is browned and there are tears on the bottom edge.
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Artist: Day, William, 1797-1845

Engraver: Picken, A

Printer: Day & Haghe
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Alpha-numeric note:

Sotheby's inventory no. P2381

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed., Inscription: on the stone: recto, b.: These stupendous falls (the largest yet discovered) may beheard at the distance of 40 Miles, the cloud of spray continually over hanging them is distinctly see at the distance of 70 Miles with the naked eye. (partial transcription)
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landscape

paysage
Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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02238
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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] 2238

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-2238
Copyright: expired / périmé

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