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Creator:
Davis, Henry Samuel, 1809–1851
Title(s):
Views of the falls of Niagara / painted on the spot in the autumn of 1846, by Major Henry Davis, 52nd Light Infantry ; lithographed in exact imitation of the original pictures by A. Laby and J. Needham.
Published/Created:
London : Thomas M'Lean, 26 Haymarket, 1848.
[London] : The plates printed in colours by M'Lean and Co., general lithographers, 70 St. Martin's Lane
Physical Description:
[4] pages, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations, map ; 88 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio C 2023 3
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Title from printed wrappers. The head of the title bears a dedication to Prince Albert.
The letterpress text is printed on a smaller bifolium (59 cm), the first page of which bears text largely repeating that found on the printed wrappers. Page [4] bears a lithographed "Plan of the Niagara River, from the Royal Ordnance Survey."
Subject Terms:
Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.) -- Pictorial works.
Niagara Falls (Ont.) -- Guidebooks.
Waterfalls.
Form/Genre:
Chromolithographs.
Contributors:
Laby, Alexander, 1814–1899, lithographer.
Needham, Joseph, active 1848–1874, lithographer.
McLean, T. (Thomas), publisher.
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