After WILLIAM JAMES BENNETT

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After WILLIAM JAMES BENNETT

Niagara Falls. Part of the American Fall. from the foot of the staircase, by John Hill (D. 363; Koke 135)

aquatint with hand-coloring, 1829, on wove paper, first state (of two), published by H.I. Megarey, with a 1/8-inch margin at bottom, trimmed into the platemark on three sides, a tear (backed) just into the image at right, a small tear in the bottom margin, a few tiny paper losses at the margin edges, pale staining showing mostly in the margins and on the reverse, framed
L. 20 3/8 x 16 5/8in. (517 x 422mm.)