File: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 LCCN2004671539.jpg

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English: 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. Abstract/medium: 1 print : etching ; 56 x 71.2 cm (sheet)
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Author Pownall, Thomas, 1722-1805, artist; Sandby, Paul, 1731-1809, artist
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  • 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).
  • Exhibited: "American Adversaries : West & Copley in a Transatlantic World" at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1001 Bissonnet, Houston, Texas, Sept. 2013 - Jan. 2014.
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popular graphic arts · prints and photographs division
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waterfalls · new york (state) · rivers · mohawk river (n.y.) · united states · history · revolution · book illustrations · etchings · landscapes (representations)
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New York (State)
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Book illustrations--1760-1770 · Landscapes (Representations)--1760-1770 · Etchings--1760-1770

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