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The Falls of Niagara
William Birch, born Warwickshire, England 1755-died Philadelphia, PA 1834
This miniature shows the American falls at Niagara, seen from below. This unusual view is explained by the artist, who wrote on the back: “This wild oblique sketch from the corner of the falls of Niagara . . . gives in my opinion a greater idea of the magnitude than the front view where the distance necessary loses its immensity.”
- Date
- ca. 1827
- Type
- Painting-Miniature
- Medium
- enameled copper
- Department
- SAAM
- Institution
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Object number
- saam_1980.37
- Credit
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase
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