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Erie Canal, (painting). Artist:  George, S., painter. Title:  Erie Canal, (painting). Dates:  1836 or 1856. Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  15 x 20 in. (38.1 x 50.8 cm) Inscription:  (Lower center:) S. George 1856 signed Description:  Scene of the Erie Canal with figures, horses, and buildings on right bank; boats on the canal; and a figure fishing at lower center. Subject:  Waterscape -- Canal -- Erie Canal Landscape -- New York Figure group Waterscape -- Boat Architecture exterior -- Domestic -- House Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Fishing Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Canajoharie Library and Art Gallery, 2 Erie Boulevard, Canajoharie, New York 13317 Remarks:  Canajoharie Library and Art Gallery catalog (1969) lists date as 1836. "Course of empire" exhibition catalog (1984) lists date as 1856. References:  Anderson, Patricia, "The course of empire: the Erie Canal and the New York landscape, 1825-1875, exhibition and catalogue: June 16-August 12, 1984," Rochester, N.Y.: Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, 1984, no. 21. Coll. Catalog, "American Paintings," Canajoharie, New York, 1969. Illustration:  Anderson, Patricia, "The course of empire: the Erie Canal and the New York landscape, 1825-1875, exhibition and catalogue: June 16-August 12, 1984," Rochester, N.Y.: Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, 1984, pg. [55]. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 33750021   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 33750021 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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