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Lot 231: Lt. Col. Cockburn Falls of Niagara Rare Set of Aquatint Engravings

2026-09-26T15:00:00Z

Start price: CAD $100

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Lt. Col. Cockburn Falls of Niagara Rare Set of Aquatint Engravings

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Start price: CAD $100

Description

After drawings by English solider-artist James Pattison Cockburn (1779-1847), England, and engraved by Charles Hunt (1803 – 1877), Clayton Bentley (1803 – 1851) and Jn Edge, a complete set of aquatint engravings of early views of the Falls of Niagara, considered the most famous prints of a 19th-century artist in Canada. This set from 1857, includes:

Plate 1. This View of Table Rock & Horse-Shoe-Fall. Engraved by C. Hunt.

Plate 2. The General View above the English Ferry. Engraved by J. Edge.

Plate 3. This View of the Horse-Shoe-Fall, from below Goat Island. Engraved by C. Hunt.

Plate 4. This View from the Upper Bank, English Side. Engraved by C. Hunt.

Plate 5. This View of the American Fall, from Goat Island. Engraved by C. Bentley.
Plate 6. This View of the Horse Shoe Fall, from Goat Island. Engraved by C. Hunt.
All marked – Is by Special Permission dedicated to Her Most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria London Pub 1857 by Ackermann and Co. 96 Strand. Printed on broadsheet folio and all pages with watermarks for J. Barcham Green and Sons, Hayle Mill, Maidstone, England and marked Hand Made.
Dimensions – 22.5 inches H x 31 W.
Provenance – a late distinguished Canadian collector.
Condition Report – overall very good condition, bright colours, fretting and shading to the edges.