Created by

Duncanson, Robert S., American, 1821 - 1872

Date

1856

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

GUID

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd53a1b3c52-564d-42a2-905f-48d9a18659af