The Great Horseshoe Fall, Niagara

A broad panoramic painting shows the curved Horseshoe Falls thundering white over a dark rock ledge beneath a stormy sky. A double rainbow arcs over the mist, while small figures gather on the grassy bank in the lower foreground beside tall evergreens.

Artist

Alvan Fisher

Date

1820

Medium

oil on canvas

Source

Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)

Size

3000 × 2109 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum