The Falls of Niagara ... by special permission, dedicated to Her Most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria

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Title:

The Falls of Niagara ... by special permission, dedicated to Her Most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria

Author:

Cockburn, James Pattison, 1779?-1847, artist.

Personal Author:

Cockburn, James Pattison, 1779?-1847, artist.

Publication Information:

London : Pub'd by Ackermann & Co., 96 Strand, 1857.

Physical Description:

6 art prints : color (aquatint) ; 53 x 72 cm ea.

Summary:

A series of prints depicting six different views of Niagara Falls, based on drawings made by Lt. Col. James Pattison Cockburn, British Army landscape artist.

General Note:

Title, artist, engravers, publisher, location, and date in lower margin of print.

Language:

English

Contents:

Plate 1. View of Table Rock & Horse-Shoe-Fall / engraved by C. Hunt -- Plate 2nd. General view above the English ferry / engraved by Jno. Edge -- Plate 3rd. View of the Horse-Shoe Fall, from below Goat-Island (American side) / Hunt -- Plate 4. View from the upper bank, English side / Hunt -- Plate 5. View of the American Fall, from Goat Island / aquatint by C. Bently -- Plate 6. View of the Horse Shoe Fall, from Goat Island / aquatint by C. Hunt.

Local Note:

With white mats in partially gilt wooden frames ; 81 x 99 cm. ea.

Personal Subject:

Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901, dedicatee.

Subject Term:

Aquatint, English -- 19th century.

Prints, English -- 19th century.

Geographic Term:

Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.) -- Pictorial works.

Added Author:

Hunt, Charles,

Edge, John, active 1681-1700,