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    The Garden of Eden

    Created by
    Duncanson, Robert S., American, 1821 - 1872
    Date
    1852
    On View
    Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 052
    Exhibition
    Visual Art and the American Experience
    Medium
    oil on canvas
    Dimensions
    H x W x D (Frame): 40 11/16 × 56 3/8 × 4 1/8 in. (103.3 × 143.2 × 10.5 cm)
    H x W x D (Canvas): 32 1/2 × 48 1/2 in. (82.6 × 123.2 cm)
    Description
    This oil painting depicts a landscape scene. Numerous trees, including palm trees, frame the image on the left and right. The center of the image is an open clearing with a small stream running through a meadow covered with greenery and flowers. Further back into the painting the clearing opens up into a wide meadow. There are two small nude human figures on the right side of the meadow. Beyond the meadow is a lake fed by a waterfall. In the background is a single conical mountain.
    Classification
    Visual Arts
    Type
    paintings
    Topic
    Art
    Religion
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Louis Moore Bacon
    Object number
    2014.299
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public Domain
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5cb77ddd6-0c90-4acf-8d0d-bf2a6ddc6190
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    Robbing the Eagle's Nest

    Created by
    Duncanson, Robert S., American, 1821 - 1872
    Date
    1856
    On View
    Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 052
    Exhibition
    Visual Art and the American Experience
    Medium
    oil on canvas , wood
    Dimensions
    H x W (unframed): 36 × 46 1/8 in. (91.4 × 117.2 cm)
    Storage: 142.2 × 167.6 × 33 cm (56 × 66 × 13 in.)
    H x W x D (framed): 46 1/4 × 56 × 3 1/8 in. (117.5 × 142.2 × 8 cm)
    Description
    A view of the Ohio River Valley done in the American Romantic style of the Hudson River School. The painting features an eagle soaring by the face of a cliff. The inclusion of figures is rare in Duncanson's work.
    Place made
    Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Visual Arts
    Type
    oil paintings
    Topic
    Art
    U.S. History, 1815-1861
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2009.13ab
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public Domain
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd53a1b3c52-564d-42a2-905f-48d9a18659af
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