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Description: Niagara Falls below the Great Cascade on the British Side

TitleNiagara Falls below the Great Cascade on the British Side

Creator nameTrumbull, John

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1807–1808

Creation date (description)1807 or 1808

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions24 7/16 x 36 3/8 in. (62.1 x 92.4 cm)

LocationWadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut

Accession number1848.5

SubjectsLandscapes in artNiagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)Landscape painting, AmericanRainbows in artNatural history

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1. The Monumental Image

Jennifer Raab

Frederic Church: The Art and Science of Detail

Seen from a distance, the painting is controlled by a strong but simple geometry. The rectangular form of the canvas is echoed in the long band of sky. The straight edge of the horizon line divides the image horizontally. The cataract stretches nearly the entire length of the more than seven-and-a-half-foot picture, the diagonal of the near rim and...

Author

Jennifer Raab

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.21-43

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00051.004

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-16229&redirecttoanchor=18469

Chapter subject tags:Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865Landscape painting, AmericanArt and popular cultureLandscape prints, AmericanChurch, Frederic Edwin, 1826-1900

Catalogue: Landscapes

Helen A. Cooper

John Trumbull: The Hand and Spirit of a Painter

In this composition, inspired by classical interpretations of the Roman campagna, Trumbull depicts a gently spreading vista with streams, roads, copses, buildings, and rocks...

Author

Helen A. Cooper

PublisherYale University Art Gallery

Related print edition pages: pp.216-230

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00071.021

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-15620&redirecttoanchor=18469

Chapter subject tags:Trumbull, John, 1756-1843United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Pictorial worksPainting, Modern--18th century--HistoryLandscapes in art

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