Niagara Falls Antique Engraving, Thomas Cole Landscape, 1831

Name: Niagara Falls Antique Engraving, Thomas Cole Landscape, 1831
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-14038-155
Price: 310 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1831
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 18.5 × 28 cm (7.3 × 11 in)
Condition: Good. Good condition for its age, with light toning and some minor spotting in the margins. A small stain is visible below the image area. Plate mark visible. Overall well-preserved impression with strong detail.
Period: The Early Republic
Places: New York
Reference: BG-14038-155

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

A distant view of the Falls of Niagara, an original steel engraving of about 1831 by Fenner, Sears and Company after a composition by the American painter Thomas Cole. The plate title, "A Distant View of the Falls of Niagara", is lettered in the decorative border below the image.

Dark storm clouds hang over the scene, with a shaft of light breaking through at the upper right. The river runs in the middle ground toward the falls, which appear as a pale band of white water in the distance. Forest covers both banks. In the foreground a few figures gather on a rocky ledge at the left, overlooking the water.

The central view is set in an ornamental border of scrolling foliage. Two small vignettes in the lower corners show episodes from the American Revolution: at the left a scene captioned "Major André seized" and at the right a scene captioned "and executed as a spy". At the top a small ornament shows a snake among leaves.

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