File:Niagara Falls by Fisher.JPG
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Summary
Alvan Fisher: A General View of the Falls of Niagara
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| Title |
English: A General view of the Falls of Niagara Nederlands: Een overzicht van de watervallen van Niagara |
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| Object type |
painting  |
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| Genre |
landscape art |
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| Date | 1820 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on canvas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 87.2 cm (34.3 in); width: 122.3 cm (48.1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current location |
2nd floor, South Wing |
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| Accession number |
1967.85 |
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| Place of creation |
United States of America |
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| Credit line | Museum purchase | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| References | Smithsonian American Art Museum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | Own work, Photograph Ad Meskens, Taken in 25 July 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| current | 16:59, 24 September 2009 | | 3,648 × 2,736 (3.51 MB) | Ad Meskens | {{Information |Description={{en|1=''A General view of the Falls of Niagara'' (1820) by Alvan Fisher, painting in the Smithsonian American Art Museum }} {{nl|1=''A General view of the Falls of [[:nl:Niagarawaterva |
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