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The Railroad Suspension Bridge near Niagara Falls, (painting)

American Art Museum

Object Details

painter

Unknown

Notes

"American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston," Boston (Museum of Fine Arts), distributed by New York Graphic Society, Greenwich, Conn., 1969.
"Three centuries of Niagara Falls; oils, watercolors, drawings, prints," Buffalo: Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1964.
Troyen, Carol, et al., "American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue," Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, 1997, pg. 291.

Summary

Snow-covered winter landscape depicting the Niagara River flowing between steep cliffs and a train traveling across a suspension bridge over the river. In the foreground a boat travels down the river, and several figures and a dog stand on the riverbank on the lower left.

Date

1856 or after

Control number

IAP 20490061

Type

Paintings

Medium

Oil on canvas

Owner/Location

Museum of Fine Arts 465 Huntington Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02115 Accession Number: 62.259

Data Source

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

Topic

Landscape--Season--Winter
Landscape--Weather--Snow
Landscape--River--Niagara River
Architecture--Bridge
Architecture--Boat
Figure group

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_ari_263855
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