The Falls of Niagara

William Birch, born Warwickshire, England 1755-died Philadelphia, PA 1834 · ca. 1827

This miniature shows the American falls at Niagara, seen from below. This unusual view is explained by the artist, who wrote on the back: “This wild oblique sketch from the corner of the falls of Niagara . . . gives in my opinion a greater idea of the magnitude than the front view where the distance necessary loses its immensity.”