Niagara Falls

Silas A. Holmes

ca. 1855 · Salted paper print from glass negative · Photographs

This study of Niagara Falls strives toward the sublime even as it is grounded in the workaday world of visitors at a popular landmark. The view is from Table Rock on the Canadian side of the falls and may have been made by Silas A. Holmes, a popular New York photographer of landmarks for the tourist trade.

Artist

Silas A. Holmes

Date

ca. 1855

Medium

Salted paper print from glass negative

Department

Photographs

Credit line

The Rubel Collection, Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1997