A View Of The Great Cohoes Falls, On The Mohawk River, The Fall About Seventy Feet, The River Near A Quarter Mile Broad Vue De La Grande Cataracte De Cohoes, Sur La Riviere Des Mohawks, La Hateur Est L Environ 70 Pieds, 1 Sa Riviere A Pres L Un Quart De Mile De Large / Sketch D On The Spot By His Excellency Governor Pownal ; Painted By Paul Sandby ; Engraved By Wm. Elliot. image

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A View Of The Great Cohoes Falls, On The Mohawk River, The Fall About Seventy Feet, The River Near A Quarter Mile Broad Vue De La Grande Cataracte De Cohoes, Sur La Riviere Des Mohawks, La Hateur Est L Environ 70 Pieds, 1 Sa Riviere A Pres L Un Quart De Mile De Large / Sketch D On The Spot By His Excellency Governor Pownal ; Painted By Paul Sandby ; Engraved By Wm. Elliot.

A View Of The Great Cohoes Falls, On The Mohawk River, The Fall About Seventy Feet, The River Near A Quarter Mile Broad Vue De La Grande Cataracte De Cohoes, Sur La Riviere Des Mohawks, La Hateur Est L Environ 70 Pieds, 1 Sa Riviere A Pres L Un Quart De Mile De Large / Sketch D On The Spot By His Excellency Governor Pownal ; Painted By Paul Sandby ; Engraved By Wm. Elliot.

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TITLE:  A view of the great Cohoes Falls, on the Mohawk River, the fall about seventy feet, the river near a quarter mile broad Vue de la grande cataracte de Cohoes, sur la riviere des Mohawks, la hateur est l'environ 70 pieds, 1 sa riviere a pres l'un quart de mile de large / sketch'd on the spot by his excellency Governor Pownal ; painted by Paul Sandby ; engraved by Wm. Elliot. CALL NUMBER:  PGA - Elliot--View of the great Cohoes Falls ... (C size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-DIG-pga-03689 (digital file from original print)LC-USZ62-43549 (b&w film copy neg. of another impression) RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY:  Print shows view of the Cohoes Falls on the Mohawk River. MEDIUM:  1 print : etching. CREATED/PUBLISHED:  London : Publish'd according to Act of Parliament by Thos. Jefferys, the corner of St. Martin's Lane, 1761 May. RELATED NAMES: Pownall, Thomas, 1722-1805, artist.Sandby, Paul, 1731-1809, artist. NOTES: Title from item. Another impression in: Scenographia Americana. London : J. Bowles, 1768. Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill, Robert Sayer at No. 53 in Fleet Street, Thos. Jefferys the corner of St. Martins Lane in the Strand, Carington Bowles at No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, and Henry Parker at No. 82 in Cornhill. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 559 (1768 printing). SUBJECTS: Waterfalls--New York (State)--1760-1770. Rivers--New York (State)--1760-1770. Mohawk River (N.Y.)--1760-1770. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. FORMAT: Book illustrations 1760-1770.Landscapes (Representations) 1760-1770.Etchings 1760-1770. REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID:  (View Content) digital file from original print pga 03689 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pga.03689 (digital file from b&w film copy neg. of another impression) cph 3a43793 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a43793 CONTROL #:  2004671539