Trenton Falls, New York: The Cascade of the Alhambra
Artist
Thomas Hicks
(American, 1823 - 1890)
Date1855
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsFramed: 67 1/4 x 43 1/4in. (170.8 x 109.9cm)
Overall: 54 1/4 x 30 1/8in. (137.8 x 76.5cm)
Overall: 54 1/4 x 30 1/8in. (137.8 x 76.5cm)
ClassificationsPAINTINGS
Credit Line75th Anniversary Acquisition. Museum Purchase, and Gifts, by Exchange, from Edmund G. Munson, Mr. and Mrs. G. Leiter Doolittle, Dr. and Mrs. Tung-Hui Lin, and a Bequest from Dr. David R. Rosendale. Additional Funds Provided by the Museum's Docent Fund for Acquisitions, and Gifts from the Docents in Honor of Warren C. Ramshaw and Mrs. Jean E. Mahon.
Object number2009.16.1
On View
On viewCollections
CopyrightNo known copyright restrictions.
Label TextAlthough primarily known as a portrait painter, Thomas Hicks painted these three views of Trenton Falls for his friends Michael and Maria Moore, who owned and operated the Trenton Falls Hotel where he and his wife would stay in the summer during their vacations from New York City. Although considered sacred land by the Haudenesaunee Confederacy of First Nations peoples, the site was operated as a tourist attraction throughout the 1800s until it was harnessed for hydro-electric power around 1900, providing electricity for much of central New York State, including the city of Utica.
