Object Number 1958.2059 A

Object Name

Print (Aquatint)

Title

NIAGARA FALLS./ Part of the American Fall, from the foot of the Stair Case

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

John Hill (Aquatinter)
1770-1850

William James Bennett (Painter)
1787-1844

Henry J. Megarey (Publisher)

Place of Origin

New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1829-1829

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right, beneath image; Engrav'd by J. Hill.
2. Inscription; Lower left, beneath image; Painted by H.J. Bennett.
3. Inscription; Lower center, beneath image; Published by H. I. Megarey, New York.

Subjects

Landscape; Niagara Falls

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Aquatint, Etched, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

23.6 (H) , 18.5 (W) , 20.5 (Image H) , 17 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

60 (H) , 47 (W) , 20.5 (Image H) , 17 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 23.3 in. (59.1 cm). Plate W: 18.4 in. (46.8 cm). H at left. W at bottom.

Publisher Summary

Megarey, Henry J.

Publication Date

1829

Place of Publication

New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United Kingdom, Europe

State

I

Coloring

Hand colored with translucent watercolors

Edition Notes

State I of II.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 278, p. 397.
[Book] Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc. & The Walpole Society. 1963 Prints pertaining to America: a list of publications in English, relating to prints about that portion of America now included in the United States with emphasis on the period 1650-1850: and a checklist of prints in an exhibition to commemorate the 1962. 99 p.
• Published: no. 83, p. 37.
[Article] Richards, Nancy E. 11//1971 The print collection at Winterthur, Part II. Antiques. 100 (5): 734-739.
• Published: fig. no. 8, p. 739.
[Book] Stauffer, David McNeely. 1907 American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel.
• Print listed as no. 1348.
[Book] Koke, Richard J. 1961 A Checklist of the American Engravings of John Hill (1770-1850), Master of Aquatint, Together with a List of Prints Colored by Him and a List of His Extant Original Drawings.
• Print listed as no. 135.