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Watercolor image of a woman in a sleeveless pink gown with a blue drape, seated by a waterfall.…
Liberty at Niagara Falls
Watercolor image of a woman in a sleeveless pink gown with a blue drape, seated by a waterfall. She holds a yellow scroll and a liberty pole with a Phrygian cap on it.
Artist (American)

Liberty at Niagara Falls

Date1820-1830
DimensionsFramed: 11 7/8 × 9 7/8 × 13/16 in. (30.2 × 25.1 × 2.1 cm) Sight: 9 1/4 × 7 1/8 in. (23.5 × 18.1 cm)
Object numberF0007.1958
Credit LineCollection of Fenimore Farm. Gift of E. Hayden Parks
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextNineteenth-century folk artists depicted the allegorical figure of Liberty in a variety of settings. Here she can be seen at America’s most famous natural feature.
Exhibition History"Liberties With Liberty, Museum of American Folk Art", New York, NY, February 2, 1986 - May 18, 1986; Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL, November 23, 1986 - January 25, 1987; Detroit Historical Museum, Detroit, MI, February 10, 1987 - April 26, 1987, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA, June 1, 1987 - August 9, 1987.
On View
Not on view
Classical Scene
Unidentified Artist
c. 1810
Elizabeth Fenimore Cooper
George Freeman
1816
Columbia
Unidentified Artist
c. 1870
Mrs. Olive Collins
Unidentified Artist
1830-1835
Philadelphia Gentry
J. Smith
c. 1815
Liberty Cap
Unidentified Artist
1800-1825
Pennsylvania Lady
Jacob Maentel
1815-1820
Goddess of Liberty
L. W. Cushing & Sons
1865
Charity
Unidentified Artist
1805-1815

5798 STATE HIGHWAY 80
COOPERSTOWN NY, 13326
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