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Vue d’une partie des deux Branches de la Cataracte de Niagara (View of part of the two falls of Niagara)

Sketched by Bonfils French
Finished by Dupare French
Engraver Engraved and printed by Pierre François Tardieu French
1801
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title: Vue d’une partie des deux Branches de la Cataracte de Niagara (View of part of the two falls of Niagara)
  • Artist: Sketched by Bonfils (French, active ca. 1800)
  • Artist: Finished by Dupare (French, active ca. 1800)
  • Engraver: Engraved and printed by Pierre François Tardieu (French, Paris 1711–1771 Paris)
  • Date: 1801
  • Medium: Etching and engraving
  • Dimensions: Plate: 11 1/16 × 12 1/4 in. (28.1 × 31.1 cm)
    Sheet: 12 13/16 × 19 in. (32.5 × 48.2 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of William H. Huntington, 1883
  • Object Number: 83.2.958
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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