Niagara Falls from Foot of Staircase, 1829

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Medium

hand-colored engraving and aquatint

Dimensions

sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 59 x 46.9 cm (23 1/4 x 18 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Catalogue Raisonné

Koke 1961, no. 135, i/ii

Accession Number

1985.64.129

Artists / Makers

John Hill (artist) American, born England, 1770 - 1850

William James Bennett (artist after) American, born England, c. 1787 - 1844

Henry J. Megarey (publisher) American, active 1818 - 1845

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Inscription

text at bottom in plate:
Painted by H. J. Bennett / Engrav'd by J. Hill. / NIAGARA FALLS. / Part of the American Fall, from the foot of the Stair Case / Published by H. J. Megarey, New York

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. 62, no. 135, i/ii.

Niagara Falls from Foot of Staircase, 1829

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