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The Rescue

(American (born in England), 1779–1851)
1843
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions55.56 x 76.2 cm (21 7/8 x 30 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Maxim Karolik
Accession number64.447
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
InscriptionsLower center, on rock: Tho Birch/1843
ProvenanceThe artist; with Childs Gallery, Boston; to Maxim Karolik, Newport, R. I., 1937; to MFA, 1964, bequest of Maxim Karolik.
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