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The Wilds of Lake Superior, (painting)

Catalog Data

Painter:
Moran, Thomas 1837-1926  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
New Britain Museum of American Art 56 Lexington Street New Britain Connecticut 06052 Accession Number: 1944.4
Date:
1864
Notes:
New Britain Museum of American Art, "Highlights of the collection: volume I," New Britain, CT: The Museum, 1999.
New Britain Museum of American Art, "Catalogue of the collection," New Britain, CT: The Museum, 1975.
"Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Lithographs, Etchings," New Britain, CT: New Britain Museum of American Art, 1963?.
"Double Lives: American Painters as Illustrators, 1850-1950," New Britain, CT: New Britain Museum of American Art, 2008. pg. 57.
Image on file.
New Britain Museum of American Art, "Highlights of the collection: volume I," New Britain, CT: The Museum, 1999, pg. 115.
New Britain Museum of American Art, "Catalogue of the collection," New Britain, CT: The Museum, 1975, pg. 36.
"Double Lives: American Painters as Illustrators, 1850-1950," New Britain, CT: New Britain Museum of American Art, 2008. pg. 57.
(Lower left:) THOs. MORAN. - 1864/OP. 11 signed
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Summary:
Landscape with rapids in foreground, rocky promontories at left, fallen and dying trees at right, and Tussey Mountain at center in the background. Dark clouds are at right.
Topic:
Landscape--Lake--Lake Superior  Search this
Landscape--Michigan  Search this
Landscape--Mountain--Tussey Mountain  Search this
Control number:
IAP 07130120
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_36362