Antique Niagara Falls Painting

Antique print titled 'The Rapids above the Falls of Niagara'. Steel engraving of the Niagara Falls by R. Brandard after W. H. Bartlett. Originates from 'American Scenery: Or, Land, L...

19th century Irish Marine Botany Specimens made for Thomas Barnett of the Niagara Falls Museum. Seaweed samples were collected off the West Coast of Ireland in 1871 by Mrs. Maria J.W. Kirkwood and presented to Thomas Barnett Esquire, proprietor of the Niagara Falls Museum. These come as two separately framed pieces with hand embroidered lettering surrounded by seaweed and a poem written by Victoria Hall. Free shipping within the United States and Canada. The Niagara Falls Museum was a museum most notable for being the oldest Canadian museum (1827), as well as for having housed the mummy of Ramesses I for 140 years before its return to Egypt in 2003. It was founded by Thomas Barnett of Birmingham, England and underwent a few vocational changes in its history. More on Thomas Barnett and the Niagara Falls Museum. Thomas Barnett was born on December the 4th, 1799 near Birmingham, England. He moved to Canada in the early 1820s and opened the Niagara Falls Museum in 1827 at the base of the Canadian Horseshoe Falls. Barnett had a passion for collecting oddities. He retrofitted a former brewery house to exhibit his private collection. Although Barnett was aware of the collection patterns of his North American contemporaries, his own approach bore an uncanny similarity to the British tradition, such as the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, the first traditional museum in Britain. The Niagara Falls Museum had humble beginnings. In 1827, the first museum contained Thomas Barnett's own cabinet of taxidermic curiosities. Although the details were not documented, the collection was likely composed of a number of mounted animals of local origin, combined with a smattering of Native American artifacts. Barnett's collection however rapidly grew. Prior to 1844, an account of the museum's contents stated that there were over 5000 items, including bipeds, quadrupeds, birds, fish, insects, reptiles, shells, minerals, and Native American curiosities. Through the first fifty years of its existence, the Niagara Falls Museum continued to acquire similar artifacts through the diligent efforts of the Barnett family and their associates. In 1854, Sydney Barnett (son of Thomas Barnett) made the first of his three trips to Egypt (two by himself and one with Dr. J. Douglas of Montreal) and purchased four mummies as well as a host of other Egyptian antiquities. In 1857, mastodon remains were discovered in St. Thomas, Ontario and later placed in the museum. In 1859 an inventory of the museum's contents included, in addition to the previously mentioned artifacts, an egg collection...

Niagara Falls, Cataracte de Niagara – Early French Engraved View, c.1780 This elegant 18th-century engraved view depicts Niagara Falls, presented under the French title Cataracte de...

Title: Majestic Waterfalls: Niagara Falls and Rhine Falls in 19th-Century Hand-Colored Engraving from Bertuch’s Bilderbuch für Kinder Description: This captivating hand-colored ...

The Landing on the American Side, Niagara Falls – Antique American Engraving, ca.1850 This atmospheric 19th-century engraving titled The Landing on the American Side (Falls of Niaga...

A large English silk screen framed print of a neoclassical scene. Exceptionally presented in a gilt frame, this 20th century piece is an ode to the history of English art - it woul...

A beautiful antique engraving print of a botanical bamboo plant. The poetic composition, meticulous brush strokes and delicate color pallet were characteristic style of the work fro...

Wonderful large antique Chinese Imperial Emperor ancestral painting. Hand-painted original work on paper with age related wear as pictured. Additional...

Antique framed impressionist oil painting on board. Lovely artist signed antique framed impressionist oil painting on board. This beauty d...

An impressive 19th-century religious oil painting, presented in its original ornate gilt-wood frame. This large-scale work depicts a bishop figure blessing a kneeling man, surrounded...