Falls of Niagara

1833

Charles Hunt

Artist, British, active first half 19th century

Rudolf Ackermann

Publisher, English, active 1794-1832

Media Options

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    hand-colored aquatint on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 43.3 x 66.4 cm (17 1/16 x 26 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 51.6 x 70.7 cm (20 5/16 x 27 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1964.8.1100


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1932d); gift to National Gallery of Art, 1964.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left, in plate, below image: From a Drawing by Lieut. Col. Cockburn.; lower center, in plate, below image: Plate 6. / THE FALLS OF NIAGARA / THIS VIEW OF THE HORSE SHOE FALL, FROM GOAT ISLAND / Is by Special Permission, dedicated to His Most Excellent Majesty William the Fourth. / LONDON, PUBd 1833 BY ACKERMANN & Co 96 STRAND.; lower right, in plate, below image: Aquatint by C. Hunt; lower left corner, in graphite: [undecipherable] 654 [undecipherable]; lower right corner, in graphite: *98880; verso, lower left corner, in graphite: ams / [undecipherable] / Set of 6; upper right, in black chalk: 3095/122 6 [encircled] / #444 6 [encircled]

Markings

verso, stamped in black ink: National Gallery of Art, Rosenwald Collection (Lugt 1932d)

Watermarks

J Whatman

Wikidata ID

Q65508011


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