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Niagara Falls

Lucas Weber, Karl Bodmer, and others

Niagara Falls

1835-1842

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Niagara Falls

1835-1842

Physical Qualities Etching and aquatint with hand coloring, Image/Sheet: 300 x 434 mm. (11 13/16 x 17 1/16 in.)
Credit Line The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number 1996.48.11453
It is unclear which state this is as the sheet has been trimmed to the image and Ruud defines the two states by the inscriptions. Dates given are the range of years that Bodmer oversaw the production of plates, after his drawings, for the series. The series was issued in three editions: Reise in das innere Nord-America in den J. 1832 bis 1834 (Coblenz: Hölscher, 1839-41); Voyage dans l'interieur de l'amerique du Nord, éxecuté pendant les années 1832, 1833 et 1834 (Paris: Arthus Bertrand, 1840-43); Travels in the Interior of North America, 1832-34 (London: Ackermann & Co., 1843)
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris

Inscribed: None

Markings: None

Artist

Lucas Weber

1810–1859

Swiss, 1811 - 1860
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Artist

Karl Bodmer

1808–1892

Swiss, 1809-1893
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