Opening of the Wilderness
Thomas Pritchard Rossiter
(American, 1818–1871)
about 1857–59
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions44.45 x 82.55 cm (17 1/2 x 32 1/2 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Martha C. Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Paintings, 1815-1865
Accession number48.471
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ProvenanceThe artist; private collection, upper New York State; with Harry Shaw Newman, New York; with Charles D. Childs, Boston, 1943; to Maxim Karolik, Newport, R.I., 1943; to MFA, 1948, gift of Martha C. (Mrs. Maxim) Karolik.
