An artwork on Galleree from The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
About the artwork
Artist: William Sidney Mount (American, Setauket, New York 1807–1868 Setauket, New York)Date: 1840–41
Culture: American
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 27 x 34 1/8 in. (68.6 x 86.7 cm)
Credit Line: Purchase, Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, by exchange, 1966
Accession Number: 66.126
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