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The Captive, (painting). Artist:  Blakelock, Ralph Albert, 1847-1919, painter. Title:  The Captive, (painting). Dates:  1879. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  15 15/16 x 23 15/16 in. (40.5 x 60.5 cm) Inscription:  (Lower right, in arrowhead:) R.A.Blakelock 1879 signed Description:  A group of Indian figures appear in a clearing in a forest. A fire is at center of a shelter, its light revealing what appears to be a naked white woman tied to a tree. Subject:  Landscape -- Forest Figure group Ethnic -- Indian Architecture -- Other -- Campsite Landscape -- Time -- Night State of Being -- Other -- Imprisonment Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York 11238 Accession Number: 05.86 Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Gibbs, Frederick S., New York, New York until 1902. Gift of Schieren, Charles A., Exhibitions:  National Academy of Design Fifty Fourth Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New York, 1879, no. 173. References:  "American Paintings in the Brooklyn Museum: artists born by 1876," Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 2006, pg. 301. "The Brooklyn Museum, American Paintings," Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 1979. Illustration:  Image on file. "American Paintings in the Brooklyn Museum: artists born by 1876," Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 2006, pg. 301. "The Brooklyn Museum, American Paintings," Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 1979, pg. 21. 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 35680051   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 35680051 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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