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The Great Fall, Niagara

Charles Risdon, after Frederick Edwin Church

National Gallery of Art

This is a print depicting the top of a large waterfall and the surrounding landscape. The top of the waterfall is the central focus, with water flowing towards the left, forming a curve around the central falls. The water close by is blue and green, with white foamy areas. Some gray-brown rocks can be seen below the moving water. A rainbow appears in the mist on the left, leading down towards the unseen bottom of the falls. The sky is filled with clouds in pale pink and gray hues, and the distant background shows trees with autumnal colors.

Artwork Details

Date
1874
Medium
hand-colored chromolithograph on paperboard
Dimensions
4000 × 1815 px
Public Domain
Yes
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