American Falls, Niagara, from Across River
Collection: Landscapes
Title
American Falls, Niagara, from Across River
Subject
Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)
Description
On verso:
No. 274. AMERICAN FALLS, NIAGARA, FROM ACROSS RIVER.
The sylvan perfume, the gayety of the sunshine, the mildness of the breeze that stirred the leaves overhead, and the bird singing that made itself felt amid the roar of the rapids, and the solemn, incessant plunge of the cataract, moved our hearts and made us children with the boy and girl that stood beside us—who stood for a moment and then broke into joyful wonder.
_ — W. D. HOWELLS.
The pure beauty of elegance and grace is the grand characteristic of the falls. _ It is supremely artistic, a harmony, a masterpiece. The lower half of the waterway wall is shrouded in the steam of the boiling gulf—a veil never rent or lifted. At its core this eternal cloud seems fixed and still with excess of motion—still and intensely white.—HENRY JAMES.
To paint the glories that come and go upon the failing, rushing waters, the painter must dip his brush in the rainbow, and when he has done his best he will not be believed by those who have not seen his subject with their own eves.—ART JOURNAL.
A8523
Creator
[Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward)]
Source
Canton Township Carnegie Library, Canton KS, USA
Publisher
Canton Township Carnegie Library, Canton KS, USA
Date
ca. 1890-1900
Rights
Format
image/jpeg
Language
English
Type
Stereographs
Identifier
274
Citation
[Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward)], “American Falls, Niagara, from Across River,” Digital Canton, accessed April 19, 2024, https://canton.digitalsckls.info/item/576.
Original Format
Stereograph
Physical Dimensions
7 x 3.5 inches
Title
American Falls, Niagara, from Across River
Subject
Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)
Description
On verso:
No. 274. AMERICAN FALLS, NIAGARA, FROM ACROSS RIVER.
The sylvan perfume, the gayety of the sunshine, the mildness of the breeze that stirred the leaves overhead, and the bird singing that made itself felt amid the roar of the rapids, and the solemn, incessant plunge of the cataract, moved our hearts and made us children with the boy and girl that stood beside us—who stood for a moment and then broke into joyful wonder.
_ — W. D. HOWELLS.
The pure beauty of elegance and grace is the grand characteristic of the falls. _ It is supremely artistic, a harmony, a masterpiece. The lower half of the waterway wall is shrouded in the steam of the boiling gulf—a veil never rent or lifted. At its core this eternal cloud seems fixed and still with excess of motion—still and intensely white.—HENRY JAMES.
To paint the glories that come and go upon the failing, rushing waters, the painter must dip his brush in the rainbow, and when he has done his best he will not be believed by those who have not seen his subject with their own eves.—ART JOURNAL.
A8523
Creator
[Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward)]
Source
Canton Township Carnegie Library, Canton KS, USA
Publisher
Canton Township Carnegie Library, Canton KS, USA
Date
ca. 1890-1900
Rights
Format
image/jpeg
Language
English
Type
Stereographs
Identifier
274
Citation
[Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward)], “American Falls, Niagara, from Across River,” Digital Canton, accessed April 19, 2024, https://canton.digitalsckls.info/item/576.Original Format
Stereograph
Physical Dimensions
7 x 3.5 inches