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Panoramic Landscape with a View of a Small Town

American

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

American. Panoramic Landscape with a View of a Small Town, ca 1840s–1850s. Oil on canvas, 30 × 44 in. (76.2 × 111.8 cm) frame: 35 3/4 × 49 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (90.8 × 126.4 × 3.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Anonymous gift, 44.232. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Culture

American

Title

Panoramic Landscape with a View of a Small Town

Date

ca 1840s–1850s

Medium

Oil on canvas

Classification

Painting

Dimensions

30 × 44 in. (76.2 × 111.8 cm) frame: 35 3/4 × 49 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (90.8 × 126.4 × 3.8 cm)

Credit Line

Anonymous gift

Accession Number

44.232

Frequent Art Questions

  • What year was this made?

    This work was painted around 1840 or 1850. The artist's identity is not known, but the painting depicts a small rural landscape in the United States.
    This was a point in which industrialization had started to change the landscape of many areas in the United States and artists were interested in showing more rural, pristine landscapes out of a sense of nostalgia.

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Artists and makers

American

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