The Falls of Niagara--From the Canada side / painted by B. Hess ; Parsons & Atwater del. – Antique 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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This rare antique lithograph captures The Falls of Niagara--From the Canada side / painted by B. Hess ; Parsons & Atwater del. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The Falls of Niagara--From the Canada side / painted by B. Hess ; Parsons & Atwater del.
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Set against the American-side prospects that more often appear in Niagara prints, this color lithograph shows the falls from the Canadian shore, where the Horseshoe Falls curve toward the viewer. Published by Currier & Ives in New York around 1868, it was painted by B. Hess and drawn by Parsons & Atwater, and it belongs to a long run of popular views that made Niagara a fixture of American parlor walls after the Civil War. By then railroads had turned the falls into a major travel destination, and the print reflects that appetite for scenery. Worth noticing is how the color work renders the mist and the rushing water that drew visitors there.
| Created / published | New York : Published by Currier & Ives, c1868. |
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| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Lithographs Color 1860-1870. |
| Notes | No. 1528. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1987 |
| Subjects | Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,046 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-175460 |
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