File:A General View of the Falls of Niagara, 1820, by Alvan Fisher - SAAM - DSC00862.JPG

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Summary

Artist



Description	American painter
Date of birth/death	9 August 1792	13 February 1863
Location of birth/death	Needham, Massachusetts	Dedham, Massachusetts
Authority control	WorldCat

Description

A General View of the Falls of Niagara

Date

1820

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

87.2 × 122.3 cm (34.3 × 48.1 in)

Current location

Smithsonian American Art Museum

	Native name	Smithsonian American Art Museum
	Location	Washington, D.C., United States
	Coordinates	38° 53′ 52.26″ N, 77° 1′ 21.68″ W
	Established	1829
	Website	http://americanart.si.edu/
	Authority control	WorldCat

2^nd floor, South Wing

Accession number

1967.85

Credit line

Museum purchase

Source/Photographer

I, Daderot took this photograph, Taken in 7 April 2011, 15:53:16

Permission
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Public domain.

Licensing

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File usage

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Niagara Falls

Metadata

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Horizontal resolution	72 dpi
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File change date and time	15:53, 7 April 2011
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File source	Digital still camera
Scene type	A directly photographed image
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