American Falls, Niagara

1878

Dating: Exact year
Held at: National Gallery of Art
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: overall: 76.2 × 104.78 cm (30 × 41 1/4 in.) framed: 98.43 × 127 × 6.35 cm (38 3/4 × 50 × 2 1/2 in.)
Collection no.: 2015.19.106
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

American Falls, Niagara — William Morris Hunt. 1878.

Medium: oil on canvas.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 76.2 × 104.78 cm (30 × 41 1/4 in.) framed: 98.43 × 127 × 6.35 cm (38 3/4 × 50 × 2 1/2 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2015.19.106. Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mr. Cecil D. Kaufmann, 1966).

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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