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In
1866 he visited the West Indies, and two years
later Europe and the Holy Land, which resulted
in important works. His best-known work is the
"Great Fall at Niagara," painted from the Canada
side in which was sold at the John Taylor Johnston
sale in New York, 1876, for $12,500, to the
Corcoran gallery, Washington.
It was exhibited throughout the United States
and Europe, and was awarded a medal of the second
class at the Exposition Universelle, Paris,
in 1867. Mr. Church had studios in New York
and in Hudson, but generally spent his winters
in Mexico.
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