Object Number 1958.2061 A

Object Name

Print (Aquatint)

Title

NIAGARA FALLS./ Part of the British Fall, taken from under the Table Rock.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

John Hill (Aquatinter)
1770-1850

William James Bennett (Draftsman)
1787-1844

Henry J. Megarey (Publisher)

Place of Origin

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

Date

1820-1830

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 W.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)

23.5 (H) , 18.1 (W) , 20.6 (Image H) , 16.9 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

59.8 (H) , 46 (W) , 20.6 (Image H) , 16.9 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 23.4 in. (59.4 cm). Plate W: 18.0 in. (45.8 cm). H at left. W at bottom.

Publisher Summary

Megarey, Henry J.

Place of Publication

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

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. 279, p. 398.
[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. 136.
[Book] Stauffer, David McNeely. 1907 American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel.
• Print listed as no. 1349.