Title

'Part of High Fall', 1872. Creator: Harry Fenn.

Caption

'Part of High Fall', 1872. Waterfall on the West Canada Creek, New York State, USA - wooden steps for tourists have been built on the left. 'The water here rushes over a ledge of rocks, which stretch from bank to bank diagonally, with a full height of seventy-five feet'. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. I, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1872]

Date

1872

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F28_333

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

61,4Mb (3,5Mb) / 13,8in x 17,2in / 4152 x 5170 (300dpi)

Keywords

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