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On the Delaware River

George Inness's view of the Delaware Rive (near the Kittatinny Ridge of the Appalachian Mountains) includes details like river rafts and a puffing train engine that represent human industry within a natural setting filled with color and light. Inness, a believer in the antislavery cause along with his close friend Henry Ward Beecher, used his most important Civil War-period paintings to convey an optimistic vision in which clearing skies and flourishing landscapes suggested the promise of peace and national prosperity.

Artist: George Inness, American, 1825-1894
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dates: 1861-1863
Dimensions: 28 1/4 x 48 1/16 in. (71.8 x 122 cm)
Signature: Unsigned
Collections: American Art
Museum Location: This item is on view in American Identities: A New Look, Everyday Life/A Nation Divided, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 13.75
Credit Line: Purchased by Special Subscription
Image: Overall, 13.75_PS1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2005

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