An East View of the Great Cataract of Niagara information
1762 painting by Thomas Davies
An East View of the Great Cataract of Niagara
Artist
Thomas Davies
Year
1762 (1762)
Type
Watercolour
Dimensions
34.3 cm × 50.2 cm (13 1/2 in × 19 3/4 in)
An East View of the Great Cataract of Niagara is a historic watercolour of Niagara Falls painted on site by Thomas Davies (c. 1737–1812) in 1762. It was the first eyewitness painting and the first accurate view of the falls.[1][2]
^"Captain Thomas Davies (1737–1812): An East View of the Great Cataract of Niagara". Christie's. 1 April 2015.
^Dickenson (1998), p. 195.
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