Lot 148: Major-General James Pattison Cockburn , c.1779-1849 The Horseshoe Falls of Niagara, Canada brown wash over pencil, heightened with scratching out

extensively signed and inscribed verso ; Tell me what a plate executed in the style of / Turner's studiorum [sic] engraved by Charles Turner / or any other clever artist would come to / ? of the studiorum [sic], as I should like to pub / lish some falls of Niagara and other cascades / in that style - let me know when you write / J. C. / don't show this drawing to anyone till you / put it into a frame / Niagara is pronounced long & signifies in the Indian language / the wonder of the waters - / Remains in this drawing / there is no liberty, the old tree are there - you stand immediately over the falls and can hardly hear any / person speaking to you, so loud is / the uproar of the falling water - / the English or Horse Shoe falls of Niagara / from Goat Island / Jas: Cockburn / 1828 / 155 feet high and / 2200 feet broad - / american f[alls] of Nir is 165 high / 1100 broad / Goat Island between / the falls is about 1100 ft long / and a few feet higher than either fall brown wash over pencil, heightened with scratching out

34.5 by 52.8 cm.; 131/2 by 20 3/4 in.

Major-General James Pattison Cockburn was taught drawing by Paul Sandby at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He served in Canada between 1822 and 1832 and again from 1826 to 1832. The majority of his watercolours, including the present work, date from his second posting.

This work does not appear to have been engraved.