One man stands on a mountain ledge waving his hat, while two figures climb up the rocks in the foreground.

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A Ledge on South Mountain, in the Catskills

Sanford Robinson GiffordLinkedCulture matchlcp-fbebb29ae3b1

Date
c. 1861-1862
Medium
Oil on canvas
Culture
American
Department
Department of American Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts
Institution
Harvard Art Museums
Object ID
31155
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Provenance
Gift from the artist to Dr. James C. Gifford; to his cousin by marriage, Mrs. Sanford R. (Alice) Gifford; to her son, Dr. Sanford Gifford, Cambridge, MA, 1985; his gift to the Harvard Art Museums, 2006.

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  • Representative object from the topic American Landscape and Coastal Paintings
    American Landscape and Coastal Paintings

    These works are 19th-century oil paintings depicting natural landscapes and seascapes from the northeastern United States, particularly coastal New England regions and rocky shores.

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