The Harbor Light — L. Birge Harrison

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Artist: L. Birge Harrison
Date: 1900
Location: Q1117704

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THE ARTIST

L. Birge Harrison

1854–1929 · United States

Tonalist painter whose 1882 'November' was among the first American works bought by the French government.

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