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On the Edge of the Forest

(American, 1824–1879)
about 1853
Medium/TechniqueOil on panel
Dimensions18.73 x 27.62 cm (7 3/8 x 10 7/8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Mrs. Edward Wheelwright
Accession number13.466
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
InscriptionsLower right: W M Hunt.
ProvenanceBy 1879, Edward Wheelwright (b. 1824 - d. 1900), Boston; by inheritance to his widow, Isaphene Moore Luyster Wheelwright (b. 1831 - d. 1907), Boston; 1913, bequest of Mrs. Edward Wheelwright to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 3, 1913)
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