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Whirlpool, Niagara

(American, 1816–1872)
about 1851
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions31.75 x 55.88 cm (12 1/2 x 22 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Maxim Karolik
Accession number64.436
On View
On view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
InscriptionsReverse: J.F. Kensett
ProvenanceAbout 1851, the artist; by descent to the artist's great-nephew, J.R. Kellogg, New York; 1945, with Harry Shaw Newman, New York; 1945, sold by Harry Shaw Newman to Maxim Karolik, Newport, R.I.; 1964, bequest of Maxim Karolik to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1964)
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