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Rapids Above Niagara Falls

Artist William Morris Hunt (American ; 1824-1879)
Datec. 1878
Mediumpastel on paper on board
Dimensions11 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. (29.2 x 49.5 cm)
frame: 22 1/4 x 30 5/8 x 3 in. (56.5 x 77.8 x 7.6 cm)
Classification(s)
  • DRAWING
Credit LineGift of purchase funds provided by The Buchsbaum Family in honor of Sally and Eliot Robinson, and the Karl E. Weston Memorial Fund
Terms
  • Niagara Falls
  • landscape
  • riverbank
Object numberM.2009.1
Inscribedverso on label: Rapids Above Niagara Falls/ Pastel, one of a few by/ William Morris Hunt/ This hung in the hall at Fredonia, Milton
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceJohn Murray Forbes, Fredonia, MIlton, MA; (Doll & Richards, Boston, MA), no.C48239; (Brock & Co., Concord, MA); to present collection
Exhibitions
Teaching events
Phil McKnight, JLST 13, wsp20
Phil McKnight, MCLA, f24
Phil McKnight, MCLA, f21
Phil McKnight, MCLA, f22
Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls
William Morris Hunt
1878
Haunted Bouquet
Haunted Bouquet
Morris Cole Graves
1943
Professor Butts goes over Niagara Falls in a collapsible ash-can and hits upon an idea to take your own picture.
Professor Butts goes over Niagara Falls in a collapsible ash-can and hits upon an idea to take your own picture.
Rube Goldberg
c. 1930; probably published in 1931
Untitled: Niagara Falls
Untitled: Niagara Falls
H. F. Nielson
1870's