This painting, based on a drawing Church made at Niagara in July 1856 and on a sepia photograph touched with colour, was commissioned by the New York art dealer Michael Knoedler in 1866. It may originally have been destined for the Universal Exhibition in Paris, as Church was selected to represent America there. It was bought in 1887 by John S. Kennedy who presented it to his native Scotland. It is the only major example of Church’s work in a European public collection.  The painting is currently on display at the National Gallery of Scotland.This painting of the Horseshoe Falls was painted in 1957.  It one of the most famous paintings of Niagara.  After winning a prize in a Paris exhibition it was purchased by Washington’s Corcoran Gallery for $12,500.