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The Falls of Niagara
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About this work
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.”
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineThe Falls of Niagara. ca. 1827. William Birch, born Warwickshire, England 1755-died Philadelphia, PA 1834. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase. CC0.
