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Niagara Falls (recto and verso)
Alvan Fisher (American, 1792–1863)
Medium/Technique
Recto: Gray wash over graphite pencil on paper; verso: graphite pencil
Dimensions
Image: 26.4 x 38.7 cm (10 3/8 x 15 1/4 in.); Sheet: 30.5 x 43.5 cm (12 x 17 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number61.278
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CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 298
DescriptionLarge boulder in foreground; steep banks right. Goat Island above falls in distance left. Folded sheet with another view in graphite pencil on verso.
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA May 10, 1961