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Print, Niagara Falls from The Falls of Niagara: Being a Complete Guide, ca. 1857

This is a Print. It is dated ca. 1857 and we acquired it in 1958. Its medium is color wood engraving on white paperboard. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Frederick Larsen. It is credited Gift of Mrs. Frederick Larsen.

Its dimensions are

Other: 9.4 x 14.6 x 0.1 cm (3 11/16 x 5 3/4 x 1/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed, lower center: "Niagara Suspension Bridge"

Cite this object as

Print, Niagara Falls from The Falls of Niagara: Being a Complete Guide, ca. 1857; USA; color wood engraving on white paperboard; Other: 9.4 x 14.6 x 0.1 cm (3 11/16 x 5 3/4 x 1/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. Frederick Larsen; 1958-93-9-a

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Frederic Church, Winslow Homer & Thomas Moran: Tourism and the American Landscape.

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