Niagara Falls

by Karl Bodmer

$950 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

A rare India proof of one of the greatest landscape images to result from the Bodmer and Prince Maximilian's expedition to America's Interior Parts. Bodmer saw the Falls for the first time on June 28, 1834 and was clearly inspired by the scenic splendor of one of the great natural wonders of the world. The travelers had reached the Falls towards the end of their expedition. Leaving Vincennes, Indiana, on about June 11th, they had traveled east, arriving on the Ohio opposite Louisville,

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