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Afternoon Hastings Landing. Palisades Rocks in Shadow, New York
1836-37
1952.410
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, scratching out, and touches of black ink and glazing on paper laid on brown card
Artist/Maker: George Harvey

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Young Woodchopper

Young Woodchopper
Title
Young Woodchopper
Date 
ca. 1835
Related People 
Artist/Maker: George Whiting Flagg
Medium 
Oil on canvas
Dimensions 
Overall: 30 x 23 3/4 in. ( 76.2 x 60.3 cm ) frame: 35 1/2 x 29 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. ( 90.2 x 74.9 x 3.8 cm )
Credit Line 
Gift of The New-York Gallery of the Fine Arts
Object Number 
1858.27
Provenance 
Luman Reed, d. 1836; Mrs. Luman Reed, New York, 1836-44; New-York Gallery of the Fine Arts, 1844-58.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.