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Collection Highlights

Negro Life at the South
Date:
1859
Object Number:
S-225
Medium:
Oil on linen

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Yacht "America"

Object Number: 
1949.47
Artist/Maker:
Unidentified Artist
Date: 
1851
Medium: 
Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 
Overall: 22 1/8 x 30 1/8 in. ( 56.2 x 76.5 cm ) Framed: 26 3/4 × 35 × 2 5/8 in. (67.9 × 88.9 × 6.7 cm)
Credit Line: 
Gift of Henry O. Havemeyer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Creative: Tronvig Group