# The Falls of Niagara, in Edward Hicks

Edward Hicks painted this in about 1825, aged about 42. It is now at The Met in New York.

Our note:

> Niagara Falls pours down at the centre while animals of the American wilderness, among them an eagle and a snake, gather in the foreground as if presenting the wildlife of the continent.

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## The work

- Date: ca. 1825
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 31 1/2 x 38 in. (80 x 96.5 cm)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 62.256.3
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Edward Hicks](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/edward-hicks), American, 1780–1849

Hicks was a Quaker minister in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, who earned his living as a coach and sign painter.

5 works in the collection.

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- [Edward Hicks's contemporaries](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-edward-hicks?hang=749) (8 works)
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