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The Essex Canal, c. 1896. Oil on canvas mounted on board.
Oil on canvas mounted on board · 41.3 × 52.1 cm · Art Institute of Chicago · Impressionism
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- Museum title
- The Essex Canal
- Artist
- Albert Pinkham Ryder American, 1847–1917
- Date
- c. 1896
- Medium
- Oil on canvas mounted on board
- Dimensions
- 41.3 × 52.1 cm (16 1/4 × 20 1/2 in.)
- Credit line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Geist
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.