Courtesy of the Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-23013 | Licence: No known restrictions on publication.
Courtesy of the Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-23013 | Licence: No known restrictions on publication.

The American falls, Niagara, from the steamboat

Date

1853 July 8.

Artist

George Wallis

Collection

Library of Congress

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Additional Information

From the Collection

Description

1 drawing on grey paper : graphite, watercolor, and opaque white. | Drawing shows Niagara Falls on the American side from below. Terrapin Tower, built in 1833 and destroyed in 1873, hovers above the falls on the right. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853.

Image Credit

Courtesy of the Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-23013

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Location

Niagara Falls