Falls of Niagara
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| Artist | Richard Wilson |
| Year | 1774 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, landscape painting |
| Dimensions | 154 cm × 185 cm (61 in × 73 in) |
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Falls of Niagara is a 1774 landscape painting by the British artist Richard Wilson.[1] It depicts a view of Niagara Falls.[2] Wilson had never visited North America, but based this scene on a sketch produced by an officer of the Royal Artillery. It was likely commissioned by the engraver William Byrne who planned to make a print based on the picture. It is strikingly different from many of Wilson's paintings, more obviously reflecting the Sublime that would become such a feature during the Romantic movement.[3]
The painting was displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1774 held in Pall Mall in London.[4] Today it is in the collection of the Wolverhampton Art Gallery which acquired it in 1884.[5]
References
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[edit]- Gassan, Richard H. The Birth of American Tourism: New York, the Hudson Valley, and American Culture, 1790-1830. University of Massachusetts Press, 2008.
- New, W.H. Land Sliding: Imagining Space, Presence, and Power in Canadian Writing. University of Toronto Press, 1997.
- Solkin, David H. Richard Wilson: The Landscape of Reaction. Tate Gallery, 1982.
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