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Collections: American Art: Lake Mendota, Madison, Wisconsin

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Lake Mendota, Madison, Wisconsin

Artist: Joseph Rusling Meeker, American, 1827-1889
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dates: 1870-1871
Dimensions: 18 1/16 x 30 1/4 in. (45.9 x 76.8 cm)
Signature: Signed lower right: "JR Meeker. 1871"; signed bottom center, on folded canvas flap: "---- 1870"
Collections: American Art
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 87.139.2
Credit Line: Gift of the American Art Council
Image: Overall, 87.139.2_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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