Niagara Falls from Under Table Rock

1829

John Hill

Artist, American, born England, 1770 - 1850

Henry J. Megarey

Publisher, American, active 1818 - 1845

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    hand-colored engraving and aquatint

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 58.4 x 45.1 cm (23 x 17 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1985.64.130

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Koke 1961, no. 136, i/ii


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1961

  • Koke, Richard J. A Checklist of the American Engravings of John Hill (1770-1850), Master of Aquatint: Together with a List of Prints Colored by Him and a List of His Extant Original Drawings. New York: New York Historical Society, 1961, p. 63, no. 136, i/ii.

Inscriptions

text at bottom in plate:
Painted by W.J. Bennett. / Engrav'd by J. Hill. / NIAGARA FALLS. / Part of the British Fall, taken from under the Table Rock. / Published by H. J. Megarey, New York

Wikidata ID

Q74070505


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