Description
Additional Makers: After - Pehr Kalm (1716 n.s.-1779); Publisher - Laurie and Whittle, London
Another impression X 76-11; col. with watercolour, gouache and border in black ink (concealing inscription t.) on laid paper; mounted on four layers of laid paper; 237 x 390; 245 (trimmed b., losing all inscriptions) x 405; 248 x 411 mm.
Inscribed in the plate, l.l.: R Hancock fecit; b. left: The Waterfall of Niagara-This most surprizing Cataract of Nature is 137 feet high / & it's breadth about 360 Yards. The Island in the middle is about 420 Yards long, & 40 Yards broad, at it's lower End. The Water, / on it's approaching the said Island, becomes so rapid, as almost to exceed an Arrow in swiftness 'till it comes to the Fall; / where it reascends into the Air, foaming as white as Milk, & all in Motion like a boiling Cauldron: Its Noise may be / heard 15 Leagues off, & in Calm Weather, it's Vapours rise a great hight into the Air, & may be seen like thick smoak at 30 Miles distance.; b. right: La Cascade de Niagara-Cette Surprenante Chute d'Eau est haute de 137 Pieds, et large d'environ / 360 Verges L'Isle qui est dans le millieu a 420 Verges de Longueur, sur 40 de Largeur sur sa Fin. L'Eau, en approchant / la ditte Isle, devient si rapide, qu'elle L'emporte presque sur la Vivacite d'une Fleche, jusqu'a cequelle arive a sa Chute; / ou elle remonte bien haut dans lTAir avec une Ecume blanche, comnme du Lait, et toute en Movuement comme une Chaudiere bouillante; / on peut en entendre le Bruit a 15 Lieues de distance, et dans un Tems calme ses Vapeur s'elevent fort dans l'Air, et paroipent comme / une Fum
cf.JRR(1912) 455
Medium: Etching, watercolour and gouache 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
