Niagara Falls, from the American Side

Frederic Edwin Church

1867 · Oil on canvas · Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh

Size2:3 ratio

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Complete the setHangs well with these two

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Niagara Falls, from the American Side

The Descent from the Cross (central panel)

The Beeches

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About this work

Artist: Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900)
Year: 1867
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 257.5 × 227.3 cm
Collection: Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh
Movement: Hudson River School

The American Falls seen from below, a wall of water two and a half metres tall on the canvas, crashing into spray through which a rainbow forms. Church based it on a drawing made at Niagara in July 1856 and on a sepia photograph touched with colour. The New York dealer Michael Knoedler commissioned it in 1866, apparently for the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1867, where Church had been chosen to represent American painting; in the end he sent his earlier panoramic Niagara instead. Ten years on from that first picture, this upright composition trades the horizontal sweep for sheer vertical force. In 1887 John S. Kennedy bought it and presented it to his native Scotland, and it remains the only major Church in a European public collection, at the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh.

This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.

Where it works

A wall of falling water two and a half metres tall with a rainbow in the spray, a tall vertical for a stairwell, hallway end or double-height wall at 24×36 in black. White, pale grey or deep blue; a bathroom suits it.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Hudson River School painting
Era: 19th century (1867)
Orientation: Portrait
Mood: calm
Rooms: bathroom, hallway or entryway, living room, dining room
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. We'd hang this one at 24×36. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.

Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — black suits the deep tones of this period; natural wood lightens it.

Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).

Details & materials

• Restored in-house from the original painting — cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in; every size also available framed • Framed option: wood frame in black or natural wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The image fills the print at the painting's own proportions; nothing is trimmed to fit a frame.

Is Niagara Falls, from the American Side in the public domain?

Yes. Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by Scottish National Gallery.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; every size is also offered framed in black or natural wood, with plexiglass and no mat. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Niagara Falls, from the American Side painted, and in what medium?

Niagara Falls, from the American Side dates from 1867 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 257.5 × 227.3 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

Across a three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 is the size that reads as one statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pair. For Niagara Falls, from the American Side we'd choose 24×36.

About this design

Niagara Falls, from the American Side (Frederic Edwin Church) — Niagara Falls, from the American Side · Frederic Edwin Church · 1867. This is a fine-art reproduction of a public-domain masterwork, shown whole and uncropped on a gallery ground, printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Every size is offered unframed or framed in black or natural wood. Part of the Madten Fine Art Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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