After George Bulteel Fisher
After George Bulteel Fisher

View of the Falls of Niagara, North America. Taken about a Mile below the largest Fall, Perpendicular Height of the Fall 150 Feet – Extreme. Breadth. Including both Fall and the Island ¾ of a Mile. by J.W. Edy

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After George Bulteel Fisher
View of the Falls of Niagara, North America. Taken about a Mile below the largest Fall, Perpendicular Height of the Fall 150 Feet – Extreme. Breadth. Including both Fall and the Island ¾ of a Mile. by J.W. Edy
handcoloured aquatint, published by the engraver, London, 1800
S. 26 ¾ x 38 ¾in. (67.9 x 98.4cm.)

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Fisher’s Niagara view dates to his visit to the falls in April 1792. ‘Equally beautiful [to Fisher’s Six Views, for which see lot 185] is a larger scale aquatint by Fisher and Edy entitled View of the falls of Niagara, North America, which was probably published between c. 1795 and 1800. …’ (Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online)

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