A North View of the Pisaiack Falls in the Province of New Jersey in North America

Artist Captain Thomas Davies (Shooter's Hill, London, England, 1737 - 1812)

Date1765

Mediumengraving on paper

ClassificationsPrints

DimensionsPlate Size: Height: 38.5 cm, Width: 53 cm

CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDAG005947

Keywords

About MeThis is one of a set of five copper engraved views on the Casconchiagon and Mohawk Rivers the other four being: S. East View of the Great Cataract, Casconchiagon River, L. Ontario; S. East View of the Lower Cataract, Casconchiagon River, L. Ontario; N. West View of the Half-Moon or Second Fall, Casconchiagon River, L. Ontario & N. West View of the Chohoes or Great Cataract of the Mohawk River.

As a British officer, English born Captain Thomas A. Davies had a distinguished career, but is now best known as an artist. His American and Canadian watercolors have established him as the father of Canadian landscape painting.