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Opening of the Wilderness
Thomas Pritchard Rossiter (American, 1818–1871)
about 1857–59
Medium/Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
44.45 x 82.55 cm (17 1/2 x 32 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Martha C. Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Paintings, 1815-1865
Accession Number48.471
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsPaintings
InscriptionsLower right: T.P. ROSSITER; Reverse, on original stretcher: Opening of the Wilderness/T.P. Rossiter.
ProvenanceThe artist; private collection, upper New York State; with Harry Shaw Newman, New York; with Charles D. Childs, Boston, 1943; to Maxim Karolik, Newport, R.I., 1943; to MFA, 1948, gift of Martha C. (Mrs. Maxim) Karolik.