Erie Railroad
19th century
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 47 × 56.5 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-130758
This painting was created by an unknown artist in Pennsylvania, probably during the mid- to late nineteenth century. Folk art collector Herbert Waide Hemphill Jr. acquired the piece in 1962 and added the unusual frame, which is carved and stained to resemble tree limbs. The Erie Railroad was chartered in 1832, and the first train ran from New York to Lake Erie in 1851, with President Millard Fill…
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson
Registry history
- 19th century — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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