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The Great Fall of Niagara

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Item

Date:

1838

Reference:

R9266

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3030745

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Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana at the National Archives of Canada

Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, 2002 Acquisition

The Great Fall of Niagara
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

1838

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 Print / Estampe : Engraving on wove paper
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This is a view of Niagara Falls. When this print is lifted to the light, the verso image of the Steamer "Caroline" in flames at the edge of the Falls can be seen., This print is stained and is glued., No. 7 Morgan's Improved Protean Scenery

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Sotheby's inventory no. P2389

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed., Inscription: in the plate: recto, b.: This Print, at first, represents the Great Fall of Niagara by day, and upon holding it before the light, it will present to your view, the American Steamer, Caroline, on fire as it appeared a few seconds before it was launched into the awful abyss [...] (partial transcription)
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landscape

paysage
Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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02262
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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] 2262

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-2262
Copyright: expired / périmé

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