A View of the Great Cohoes Falls, on the Mohawk River

Date1768

After work by Paul Sandby (1725-1809)

Publisher Robert Sayer (1725-1794)

After work by Thomas Pownall 1722-1805

Publisher Thomas Jefferys ca. 1719 - 1771

Publisher Carington Bowles 1724 - 1793

Publisher Henry Parker ca. 1725 - 1809

Publisher John Bowles 1701 - 1779

Engraver William Elliot

OriginEngland, London

MediumLine engraving and etching on laid paper

DimensionsOH: 18" x OW: 21 1/2"; Plate H: 14 1/4" x W: 20 3/4"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1968-29

DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "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;/ l sa 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, in Fleet Street, Tho.s Jefferys the Corner of S.t Martins Lane in the Strand, Carington Bowles at N.o 69, in S.t Paul's Church Yard, and Henry Parker at N.o 82 in Cornhill."Label TextThe falls are to the back of the print, coming towards the front which is the river. On the sides are high blufffs which are tree covered. To the front a small point of land comes out into the river, with low overhanging branches. Several figures can be seen stading on this. Part of the series Scenographia Americana.ProvenanceBefore 1968, Avis and Rockwell Gardiner (Stamford, CT); 1968-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).