Vivian, W.:

$11,000 · Offered by William Reese Company · No longer available

VIEWS OF THE GREAT FALLS OF NIAGARA. A rare set of five striking lithographic plates of the Falls of Niagara. Christopher Lane describes this as only the second portfolio published of views of Niagara. The first was a set of five views issued by Thomas H. Wentworth in Oswego, New York. Lane also states that an American edition of the present portfolio was issued, but neglects to say when. The plates are after beautiful drawings by W. Vivian. OCLC records only three copies of this first edition (Art Institute of Chicago, American Antiquarian Society, Harvard). A second was published by Ackermann in 1830. The images are captioned as follows:1) "American Fall From a Ravine Opposite."2) "Niagara. American Fall From the Bank Above."3) "Side of the American Fall & Horse Shoe Fall In the Distances."4) "Horse Shoe Fall From the Canada Bank."5) "British or Horse Shoe Fall."

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