A View of the Cohoes Falls, on the Mohawk River
Dateca. 1768
After work by
Thomas Davies
Engraver
Peter Mazell
OriginEngland, London
MediumLine engraving and etching on laid paper
DimensionsOverall: 18 × 23 1/2in. (45.7 × 59.7cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1968-437
DescriptionLower margin reads: "C.A./ A View of the Great Cohoes Falls, on the Mohawk River;/ The Fall about Seventy feet; the River near a Quarter of a Mile broad./ Vue de la Grande Cataracte de Cohoes, sur la Riviere des Mohawks;/ Sa Hateur est l'environ 70 pieds; lsa Riviere a pres l'un quart de Mille de large./ Sketch'd on the SPOT by his Excellency Governor Pownal. Painted by Paul Sandby, & Engraved by W.m Elliot./ London. Printed for John Bowles at N.o 13 in Cornhill, Robert Sayer at N.o 53 Fleet Street, Tho.s Jeffreys the Corner of S.t Martins Lane in the Strand, Carington Bowles at N.o 69. in S.t Pauls Church Yard, and Henry parker at N.o 82 in Cornhill."Label TextPlate from the Scenographia Americana.
