Robbing the Eagle's Nest
- 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
3 image(s)