1774 View of the Cataract of Niagara, with the country adjacent

To the Right Hon.ble Lady Susan O'Brien, this View of the Cataract of Niagara, with the country adjacent is most humbly Inscribed by her Ladyship's most obed't and Obliged h ble Serv't William Pierie. An original, uncolored example of the rare, earliest printed view of Niagara Falls, engraved from a drawing taken on the Spot by Lt. Piere of the Rl. Artillery. 1768. This impressive 18th century print present Niagara Falls in its most natural state from the view of the Canadian side looking upon Horseshoe Falls to the right and American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls at center and left respectively. Small groups of people can be found in the foreground and as several birdy fly about overhead. Though portions of the text are lost in this example the description of the falls reads as follows... This stupendous cataract is near a mile wide, and falls over a perpendicular Rock of 1 70 Feet high, which interrupts the Passage of the River Niagara for some miles, between the Lakes Erie and Ontario