Niagara Falls, October 1841, from Travels in the Interior of North America, 1839-43
Aquatint engraving
Ackermann & Co., London
Greenslade Special Collections and Archives
Olin and Chalmers Libraries
Kenyon College

At the end of the expedition, Bodmer had the opportunity to see and paint one of North America's most scenic natural wonders. Bodmer's painting, a sublime view, foreshadows later images as the Falls became a major tourist attraction in the nineteenth century.