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Looking upon the River, 1880. Oil on canvas.
Oil on canvas · 51.3 × 35.9 cm · Art Institute of Chicago · Hudson River School
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- Museum title
- Looking upon the River
- Artist
- Julie Hart Beers (American, 1834–1913)
- Date
- 1880
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 51.3 × 35.9 cm (20 3/16 × 14 1/8 in.)
- Credit line
- Purchased with funds provided by the bequest of Muriel J. Kogan
- 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.