Maps and Pictures 



Niagara at first, the reality not coming up to the imagination all 1802 

 indulge. Added to this, the tremor of the rocks, and the roar Go8man 

 and motion of the mighty waters had a confusing effect, distract- 

 ing, dizzying and bewildering, for a time. The man overcame 

 the artist. He forgot his errand ; sitting several hours as if under 

 a spell, lost to himself, taking in no distinct idea of the scene, and 

 only conscious of an arena of overwhelming grandeur and power 

 in full and turbulent vigor. 



VANDERLYN, John. A view of the western branch of the Falls of 1802 

 Niagara, taken from the Table Rock, looking up the river, over the rapids. Vanderlyn 

 Engraved by F. C. Lewis. 1 802. 



To the Society of Fine Arts of New York this Print is respect- 

 fully Inscribed by their most obed't humble Serv't 



John Vanderlyn. 



This print was from the first painting of Niagara by an American artist. 

 It was painted by Vanderlyn in 1802, and published in London in 1804. 



Bye, J . (sc.) The Falls of Niagara with the adjacent country. 1802 



6^2 x 14. Lond.: J. Johnson. 1804. (In Volney, C. F., View of the Bye 

 climate and soil of the United States. Lond. : for J. Johnson. 1 804. 

 PI. 3. P. 99. Also Phila.: Conrad. 1804. P. 80.) 



The Falls are marked straight across the river, and there is also a 

 " Section of the Fall in the middle of the River." 



In the French edition " Tableau du climat et du sol des Etats-Unis 

 d Amerique "... published in Paris in 1 803 by Courcier, this map is 

 found in volume I, page 1 12. There are also editions in German and 

 Italian. 



Craig, W. M. (del.) Falls of Niagara; on the river S\ Lawrence 1802 

 in Canada. T. Wallis. (sc.) Published as the act directs by C. Crai 8 

 Brightly and T. Kinnersley, Bungay; Nov. 1804. 



There is a hilly background to this picture and land is visible on the 

 left and in front. The Horseshoe Fall is apparently on the left. Savages 

 are seen on the left in the foreground, and a streamer of mist is shown 

 across the Falls from left to right. The whole picture looks like an improve- 

 ment on and a transposition of Ellicott. 



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