Lake George
after 1851
Painter, American, 1811 - 1893
West Building Main Floor, Gallery 64
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 64.77 × 114.94 cm (25 1/2 × 45 1/4 in.)
framed: 98.11 × 148.91 cm (38 5/8 × 58 5/8 in.) -
Accession
2014.136.120
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The artist's niece, Josephine E. Harrison [d. 1913], Peconic, New York; gift 12 April 1897 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1940
A Souvenir of Romanticism in America; or, An Elegant Exposition of Taste and Fashion from 1812-1865, Baltimore Museum of Art, 10 May - 10 June 1940.
1955
The Hudson River School, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, October 1955.
1966
Past and Present: 250 Years of American Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 15 April - 30 September 1966, unpublished checklist.
1970
Loan for use by the U.S. Department of State, Washington, 1970.
1978
Loan for use by Geico, 1978.
Bibliography
2011
Cash, Sarah, ed. Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945. Washington, 2011: 292, repro.
Inscriptions
lower right: Casilear estate stamp
Wikidata ID
Q20653703