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View of the Falls of Niagara

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Item

Date:

n.d.

Reference:

R9266

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3030804

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Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana at the National Archives of Canada

Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, 2002 Acquisition

View of the Falls of Niagara
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Date(s):

n.d.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

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

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no language

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This image depicts a view of Niagara Falls from Table Rock. There are two rainbows in the bottom left and visitors are near the edge of the cliff looking out at the falls., This print is in poor condition. It is very browned and there are a few tears, some repaired, others not., Refs: 300 Years. p. 86, entry 9
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Artist: Vanderlyn, John, 1775-1852

Engraver: Hoffy, Alfred M., ca. 1790-after 1860
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Alpha-numeric note:

Sotheby's inventory no. P256

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed., Inscription: on the stone: recto, b.: The Falls of Niagara are admitted to be the most splendid natural curiosity of the kind in the world. The whole mass of water from the Great Lakes or Inland Seas of N. America, pass into the Niagara River, & thence over these Falls. (partial transcription)
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landscape

paysage
Source:

Private

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02331
2002 DAP
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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-2331
Copyright: expired / périmé

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