Niagara Falls in the 1850s. A pair of hand-colored aquatints from 1852 engraved by Friedrich Salathé after oil paintings by Hippolyte Victor Valentin Sébron who had visited Niagara Falls in 1850.

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Les Chutes du Niagara. Fer a Cheval (Niagara Falls. The Horseshoe). 1852. Hand-colored aquatint based on an oil painting by Hippolyte Victor Valentin Sébron and engraved by Friedrich Salathé. Sébron had visited Niagara Falls in 1850 which was when the original was painted. Image © 2023 Geographicus Rare Antique Maps. Fair use license. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/niagarafallshorseshoe-sebron-1852
Les Chutes du Niagara, Vue Generale; (Niagara Falls, General View). 1852. Hand-colored aquatint based on an oil painting by Hippolyte Victor Valentin Sébron and engraved by Friedrich Salathé. Sébron had visited Niagara Falls in 1850 which was when the original was painted. Image © Neatline Antique Maps. Fair use license. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://neatlinemaps.com/antiquemap/nl-01715/les-chutes-du-niagara-vue-generale-niagara-falls-general-view

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