Niagara

Frederic Edwin Church

1857 · Oil on canvas · National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Size2:3 ratio

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$59Unframed print · made to order

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Niagara

Niagara Falls, from the American Side

Aurora Borealis

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About this work

Artist: Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900)
Year: 1857
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 101.6 × 229.9 cm
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Movement: Hudson River School

The Horseshoe Falls seen from the Canadian brink, the painting's lower edge cut by the lip of the cataract so that the viewer seems to stand in the rushing water with no ground beneath; a rainbow forms in the spray and the far shore is a thin line under a vast sky. Church painted it in 1857, in his thirty-first year, on a canvas more than two metres wide, and exhibited it alone in a New York gallery, where it made his reputation as the leading American landscape painter. One writer that year summed up the response: this is Niagara, with the roar left out. The falls were already the most painted and most visited site in North America, and Church's picture became their definitive image. The Corcoran Gallery bought it in 1876, and it passed to the National Gallery of Art in Washington in 2014.

This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.

Where it works

The brink of the Horseshoe Falls with a rainbow in the spray and no ground beneath the viewer, a very wide picture for a long wall: over a sofa, long console or dining sideboard at 24×36 in black. White or pale blue.

Style: Exhibition poster of a Hudson River School painting
Era: 19th century (1857)
Orientation: Portrait
Palette: cream & beige
Mood: calm
Rooms: living room, dining room, dorm room, hallway or entryway
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. 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. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.

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

Details & materials

• Exhibition poster — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in; 12×18 and 16×24 and 24×36 also available framed in black or natural wood • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

Shipping & returns

Produced in 2–4 business days, then shipped from the facility nearest you. Delivery is typically 3–6 business days (US/UK/EU) and 5–12 worldwide. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

Is Niagara 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 National Gallery of Art.

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; the two larger sizes are also offered framed. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Niagara painted, and in what medium?

Niagara dates from 1857 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 101.6 × 229.9 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

For a standard three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 inches reads as a single statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pairing. The print's proportions follow the original, so a landscape-format painting is wider than it is tall.

About this design

A museum-exhibition poster of Frederic Edwin Church's Niagara — Niagara — the Horseshoe Falls thundering across the whole canvas, a rainbow in the spray — shown whole and uncropped beneath gallery typography. Wonders of the New World: The Hudson River School, styled as a blockbuster exhibition print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Three sizes (12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in); the 16×24 and 24×36 are also offered framed. Part of the Madten Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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