AMERICAN SCHOOL, circa 1850.
Niagara Falls.
Oil on canvas.
Indistinctly signed '. Le B ... ' (lower left).
24 x 52 canvas.

Provenance: Private collection, Adelaide; Christie's London, 12/14/07 - 12500 GBP

One of North America's Greatest Natural Wonders, East of the Mississippi River - Beautiful depiction of America’s oldest National Park.

A fine panorama of the Falls from the Canadian side, showing, from right to left, the Horseshoe Falls, Terrapin Tower (built 1833 and blown up in 1873) Goat Island and Bridal Veil Falls with one of the short-lived towers on Prospect Point, flying the Union flag.

For a similar view by P. Le Bihan, active c.1850 (to whom the present picture might be attributed) see J.E.Adamson, Niagara Two Centuries of Changing Attitudes, 1697-1901, Washington, DC, 1985, p.134, cat. no. 37.