Description
Additional Makers: Ignace Fougeron
Framers' label of William Haines, formerly laid down dust cover l.c., in Acc. File. Also issued in 'Scenographia Americana' (Stokes, 'The Iconography of Manhattan Island', v.1, p. 293, no. 52). PAC Archives Canada Microfiche 10, B 4; Spendlove p. 15 (plate 32). The Davies watercolour is described in R.H. Hubbard, 'Thomas Davies', Ottawa, NGC, 1972, no. 17.
Inscribed in the plate, l.r.: J. Fougeron sculp.; b.: To his Excellency Lieutt Genl Sir Jeffrey Amherst, Knight of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, &c. &c. &c. I These Six Views are most humbly Inscribed, by His Excellency's most devoted Servt / Thos Davies. / An East View of the Great Cataract of Niagara.; l.l.: Perpendr Heigth of the Fall 162 Feet, Breadth about a Mile & Quarter.; l.r.: Drawn on the Spot by Thos Davies Capt,, Lieutt in the Royal Regt of Artillery. TEC 845.04
Medium: Etching and watercolour on laid paper. Laid down on cardboard
Image Licence
Public Domain
Image Credit
Courtesy of Toronto Public Library.
Location
Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
Country
Canada
Medium
Print
Tags
Category
Landscapes & Seascapes
