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Exhibition History"Liberties With Liberty, Museum of American Folk Art", New York, NY, February 2, 1986 - May 18, 1986; Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL, November 23, 1986 - January 25, 1987; Detroit Historical Museum, Detroit, MI, February 10, 1987 - April 26, 1987, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA, June 1, 1987 - August 9, 1987.
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Artist
Unidentified Artist
(American)
Liberty at Niagara Falls
Date1820-1830
MediumWatercolor on paper
DimensionsFramed: 11 7/8 × 9 7/8 × 13/16 in. (30.2 × 25.1 × 2.1 cm)
Sight: 9 1/4 × 7 1/8 in. (23.5 × 18.1 cm)
Object numberF0007.1958
Credit LineCollection of Fenimore Farm. Gift of E. Hayden Parks
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextNineteenth-century folk artists depicted the allegorical figure of Liberty in a variety of settings. Here she can be seen at America’s most famous natural feature.Exhibition History"Liberties With Liberty, Museum of American Folk Art", New York, NY, February 2, 1986 - May 18, 1986; Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL, November 23, 1986 - January 25, 1987; Detroit Historical Museum, Detroit, MI, February 10, 1987 - April 26, 1987, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA, June 1, 1987 - August 9, 1987.
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