View of the falls of Niagara / del. 1790 ; engrav'd by S. Hill. – Vintage Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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View of the falls of Niagara / del. 1790 ; engrav'd by S. Hill. comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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View of the falls of Niagara / del. 1790 ; engrav'd by S. Hill.
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Among the early printed views of Niagara Falls, this 1790 etching appeared opposite page 387 of the July issue of the *Massachusetts Magazine*, published in Boston by Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews. The drawing is credited only to "del.," with S. Hill named as engraver. At that date the falls lay near the edge of settled territory, so most readers would have known them through travel accounts and secondhand descriptions rather than by sight. The plate shows how a monthly periodical could bring a distant natural wonder to an American readership.
| Created / published | 1790 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : etching. |
| Genre | Landscape prints 1790.Periodical illustrations 1790.Etchings 1790. |
| Notes | Title from item. Illus. in: The Massachusetts magazine, or, Monthly museum of knowledge and rational entertainment. Boston, Mass. : Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, vol. II, no. VII, 1790 (July), opp. p. 387. Stauffer, 1410 Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 564. |
| Subjects | Waterfalls--New York (State)--1790. Waterfalls--Ontario--1790. Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)--1790. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 912 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-122684 |
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