Horseshoe Falls from Goat Island

item
Title
Horseshoe Falls from Goat Island
Date
18311027
Creator
Cockburn, James Pattison
Provenance
Donated by Niagara Falls Heritage Foundation, June 1987
Watercolour wash over print
Original held in the Sigmund Samuel Collection, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
Extent
50.6 x 33.9 cm
Is Part Of
Niagara Falls Heritage Foundation Collection
Niagara Parks Commission Collection
Description
en-CA From a watercolour over pencil 22 5/16 x 32 9/16 (566 x 827), in the Sigmund Samuel Collection, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto #954.107.1 Inscribed I. r., J. Cockburn 1831; I. I. JC 1831; verso, The Horseshoe or English Fall of Niagara from Goat Island-Oct. 27th 1831 Jas; Cockburn This composition, which includes a picnicking group on Goat Island, was engraved in aquatint and published by Ackermann & Co., London, 1833 and 1857
en-CA Colour tint by Jane Merryweather
en-CA Research by George A. Seibel
en-CA Work done under Government of Canada Local Initiative Grant CK1071-3-1977; Canada Works Grant 2959 EKG 1977-78
Type
Still Image
Medium
Hand colour tinted print
Subject
Goat Island
Niagara Falls - Horseshoe Falls
Niagara River - Upper
Animals
Terrapin Point and Tower
Art/Prints/Sketches
Location
Canada - Ontario
Identifier
http://www.nflibrary.ca/nfplindex/show.asp?b=1&ref=oo&id=414586
locator
NPC-33
Rights
Public domain
Date Created
2016-01-12
Date Modified
2016-08-18