Niagara Falls from Goat Island
Artist
Robert Havell, Jr.
(American, 1793 - 1878)
Daten.d.a.
MediumGraphite and gouache on gray wove paper
DimensionsOverall: 5 5/8 × 10 1/8in. (14.3 × 25.7cm)
Image: 5 1/2 × 9 7/8in. (14 × 25.1cm)
Image: 5 1/2 × 9 7/8in. (14 × 25.1cm)
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, in part, by the Mr. and Mrs. William C. Murray Fund
Terms
Object number96.17
On View
Not on viewCollections
CopyrightNo known copyright restrictions.
Label TextHavell is remembered chiefly for the large aquatint engravings he made in England for John James Audubon's Birds of America (London, 1827-38). He was also an accomplished painter and draftsman who worked in the prevailing Hudson River School manner after coming to the United States in the late 1830s.
Niagara Falls was the most famous natural wonder in the United States until the American West became accessible to travelers around the middle of the nineteenth century. It was considered a spectacular embodiment of the grandeur and sublimity of the New World. Havell's drawing comes from an undated sketchbook containing other views of Niagara, as well as scenes of Kingston, Lake George, and the Hudson River.
PDS
12/2003
