Davis, Henry Samuel, 1809-1851, Views of the falls of Niagara , 1848
- Title(s):
Views of the falls of Niagara / painted on the spot in the autumn of 1846, by Major Henry Davis, 52nd Light Infantry ; lithographed in exact imitation of the original pictures by A. Laby and J. Needham.
- Published/Created:
- London : Thomas M'Lean, 26 Haymarket, 1848.
[London] : The plates printed in colours by M'Lean and Co., general lithographers, 70 St. Martin's Lane - Physical Description:
- [4] pages, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations, map ; 88 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio C 2023 3Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/16860136
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Title from printed wrappers. The head of the title bears a dedication to Prince Albert.
The letterpress text is printed on a smaller bifolium (59 cm), the first page of which bears text largely repeating that found on the printed wrappers. Page [4] bears a lithographed "Plan of the Niagara River, from the Royal Ordnance Survey." - Subject Terms:
- Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.) -- Pictorial works.Niagara Falls (Ont.) -- Guidebooks.Waterfalls.
- Form/Genre:
- Chromolithographs.
- Export:
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- Plates: The Horse-shoe Fall from Goat Island
- From the foot of the shaft below Table Rock
- Horse-shoe fall from the edge of Table Rock
- Autumnal sunset, from Goat Island.
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