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In the Pittsburgh Post Office
In the Pittsburgh Post Office

In the Pittsburgh Post Office

David Gilmour Blythe (American, 1815–1865)
about 1859–62
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions63.82 x 76.2 cm (25 1/8 x 30 in.)
Credit LineGift of Martha C. Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Paintings, 1815–1865
Accession number46.849
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
InscriptionsLower center, on pavement: BlytheProvenanceThe artist; with Harry Shaw Newman, New York (purchased from a western dealer), 1945; to Maxim Karolik, Newport, R.I., 1945; to MFA, 1946, gift of Martha C. (Mrs. Maxim) Karolik.
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