William Forrest & Frederick Edwin Church

The Great Fall - Niagara

William Forrest's, "The Great Fall - Niagara" is an original 19th century engraving based upon the famous landscape painting depicting Niagara Falls created by the American artist, Frederick Edwin Church. This original Niagara Falls engraving is a (Proof Before Letters), published by the American publisher, Knoedler & Company in 1875. The publisher's address and date are engraved at the lower margin and the Printsellers Association stamp to the lower left). "The Great Fall - Niagara" is an important, original example of the large Victorian landscape engraving by the Scottish artist, William Forrest.

The Great Fall - Niagara

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Title:	The Great Fall - Niagara
Engraver:	Forrest, William (Edinburgh, 1805 - 1899)
Designer:	Church, Frederic Edwin (Hartford, CT, 1826 - New York, 1900)
Date:	1875
Medium:	Original Engraving
Publisher:	Knoedler & Company, Fifth Avenue, New York
Edition:	Proof Impression Before Letters
Note:	William Forrest: When the major New York publisher, Knoedler & Company acquired the engraving rights to The Great Fall, Niagara, he turned to the Scottish engraver, William Forrest. From 1845, Forrest worked in both London and Edinburgh and had created a strong reputation for both his landscape and genre engravings. The Great Fall, Niagara was William Forrest's largest and most important work of original engraved art.
	Frederick Edwin Church : American nineteenth century landscape painting reached its finest expression under the movement known as the Hudson River School. Among its many great painters the names of Bierstadt, Asher Brown Durand, Thomas Cole and Frederick Church assume the highest position. Frederick Edwin Church studied under Thomas Cole in Catskill, New York (1844-46). In 1845, he exhibited his first paintings with the National Academy of Design and opened his studio in New York two years later. Frederick Church became a full member of the prestigious National Academy in 1849.
	Frederick Edwin Church's large and monumental landscape paintings always created the greatest admiration at national expositions. In 1853 and 1857 he traveled in South America and created one of his finest canvases, The Heart of the Andes, which was exhibited in 1859. He then visited Labrador, and his painting, Icebergs, was exhibited in both New York and London in 1863. Three years later, Frederick Edwin Church went to the West Indies and in 1868 made his first trip through Europe, including important visits to Greece and Palestine.
	Frederick Church's, The Great Fall, Niagara, may possibly be the most famous painting in the history of nineteenth century American art. Originally, this painting of Niagara Falls was purchased by John Taylor Johnstone, it was sold in 1876 to the Corcoran Gallery in Washington for the price of 5,000 Pounds. For many years thereafter this was a record price paid for an American painting.
	Victorian Era Engraving: Perhaps the most technically demanding form of original printmaking, the large Victorian era engraving reached its pinnacle of virtuosity in the later nineteenth century. Highly skilled engravers would often devote more than a full year's labour to one of these large works of art.
	Large Victorian era engravings, such as this original example, are now very scarce. Nineteenth century framers had no knowledge of conservation methods and thus the huge majority of these valuable works of art were either completely destroyed or unalterably stained and marred by their acidic mats and frames. Finding another impression of this impressive engraving in such superb condition would be next to impossible.
	This particular impression is a 'Proof before Letters'. This means it was one of the first impressions to be pulled from the plate before the regular edition was published with the title appearing on the lower margin. A proof impression thus contains all the fine lines and subtle shades that would wear down during the printing of the regular edition. As well, proofs were usually printed on superior papers. This impression of Niagara Falls is printed on fine china paper and pressed onto a larger sheet of wove papers.
Size:	17 3/4 X 28 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	UnMatted
Condition:	Printed upon fine china paper which has been pressed onto a larger sheet of white wove paper and with large, full margins as published by Knoedler in 1875 (with the publisher's address and date engraved at the lower margin and the Printsellers Association stamp to the lower left). Apart from one small scrape in the sky to the upper right this is a fine printing bearing all the tones and shades of a 'Proof' impression and is in very good condition throughout. The Great Fall, Niagara is a most important, original example of the large Victorian engraving and of nineteenth century American landscape art.
Subject:	William Forrest, "The Great Fall - Niagara", 19th century engraving, Niagara Falls, American artists, Frederick Edwin Church, Proof Before Letters, Knoedler & Company, Printsellers Association, Victorian landscape engraving.
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