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Niagara Falls from the Foot of Goat Island

(American, 1823–1900)
1857
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions39.05 x 61.28 cm (15 3/8 x 24 1/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Martha C. Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Paintings, 1815–1865
Accession number47.1238
On View
On view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
InscriptionsLower right, on rock: J.F. Cropsey/1857
Provenance1858, sold by the artist for $157.50 to E. Gambert & Co., publishers, London, England who produced a lithograph for "American Scenery". 1943, with Julien Levy Galleries, New York; 1943, sold by Julien Levy Galleries to Maxim Karolik, Newport, R.I.; 1947, gift of Martha C. (Mrs. Maxim) Karolik to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1947)
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