COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
04526
Record number:
04526-2
JCB call number:
En761 P889s 2
Image title:
A View of the Falls on the Passaick, or second River, in the Province of New Jersey. The Height of the Fall between Eighty and Ninety feet; the River about Eighty Yards broad.
Creator 1:
Thomas Pownall
Creator 1 dates:
1722-1805
Creator 1 role:
Sketched on the spot by
Creator 2:
Paul Sandby
Creator 2 dates:
1731-1809
Creator 2 role:
Painted and Engraved by
Place image published:
London
Image publisher:
Published according to Act of Parliament... by Thos. Jefferys the corner of St. Martin's Lane.
Image date:
1761
Image function:
print [II]
Technique:
etching, engraving
Image dimension height:
36.7 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension width:
53.3 cm. (platemark)
Page dimension height:
43.1 cm.
Page dimension width:
55.3 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
English, French
Description:
View of the Great Falls on the Passaic River in New Jersey. The image title is also given in French: "Vue de l'Cataracte du Passaick, ou seconde Riviere, dans la province du Nouveau Jersey. La Hauteur de la Chute est de 80 à 90 pieds, et la Largeur de la Riviere d'environ 40 Toises."
Source creator:
Pownall, Thomas, 1722 - 1805
Source Title:
Six remarkable views in the province of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania
Source place of publication:
London
Source publisher:
Published, acccording to Act of Parliament by Thomas Jefferys, at Charing-Cross
Source date:
1761
notes:
The Great Falls in the town of Patterson, New Jersey, on the Passaic River are the second highest on the east coast of North America, after Niagara Falls. Thomas Pownall went to New York in 1753 as private secretary to Sir Danvers Osborn who commited suicide soon after their arrival. In 1757, Pownall was appointed governor of Massachusetts by William Pitt and vigorously followed Pitt's policy during the French and Indian War. One of a group of six plates, now disbound.
Time Period:
1751-1800
References exhibitions:
Danforth, S. Encountering the New World, Item 161
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1961.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
North America
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject headings:
Waterfalls--New Jersey
A View of the Falls on the Passaick, or second River, in the Province of New Jersey. The H...
