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Image Not Available for CROSSING THE MISSISSIPPI ON THE ICE
CROSSING THE MISSISSIPPI ON THE ICE
Image Not Available for CROSSING THE MISSISSIPPI ON THE ICE

CROSSING THE MISSISSIPPI ON THE ICE

Artist (1831 - 1912)
Datec.1878
CountryUtah, USA
MediumTempera on muslin
Dimensions197.8 × 289.6 cm (77 7/8 × 114") (Image)
Frame: 219.7 × 313.4 cm (86 1/2 × 123 3/8")
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineBrigham Young University Museum of Art, gift of the grandchildren of C.C.A. Christensen.
Terms
    Object number830026605
    DescriptionThe image is a landscape in which two long lines of covered wagons come toward the front plane of the composition extending into the distance where a city can be seen; from the city the wagon trains cross a snow covered plain, a densely foliaged area, a frozen river, and up a snow covered hill.
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