The Rapids Above Niagara

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Maker: Thomas Moran, American, born England, 1837-1926
Date: 1886
Medium: Etching in brown on cream laid paper
Dimensions: Image/plate: 15 × 20.4 cm (5 15/16 × 8 1/16 in.); Sheet: 23.2 × 31 cm (9 3/16 × 12 1/4 in.)
Place of origin: United States
Held by: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · Not on view
Credit line: Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection

Image: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0

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