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Frederic Edwin Church / Niagara Falls, from the American Side

Niagara Falls, from the American Side

1867 · Oil on canvas

The torrent of Niagara Falls plunges down a vertical canvas, seen from the American side with tiny figures on the rocks below.

LocationEdinburgh, United Kingdom
Genrelandscape painting
Dimensions257.5 × 227.3 cm

Why it matters

Water rushes down Niagara Falls with a rainbow in the spray. Church's largest painting, it was based on sketches and a sepia photograph.

Did you know?

  • It was completed in 1867.
  • Church had painted the falls from the Canadian side ten years earlier.
  • It is in the Scottish National Gallery.

Based on the Wikipedia article Niagara Falls, from the American Side (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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