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Three Boats on Water (Long Island Sound?) (from Sketchbook) by Henry Ward Ranger

Three Boats on Water (Long Island Sound?) (from Sketchbook)

Henry Ward Ranger · 1858

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DETAILS
Artist
Henry Ward Ranger
Date
1858
Medium
Graphite, ink, on paper
Location
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dimensions
Sheet: 4 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. (12.4 x 20 cm)
Collection
The American Wing
Culture
American
Credit line
Gift of Frederick K. Detwiller, 1930
ART MOVEMENTS
Tonalism
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Henry Ward Ranger

Henry Ward Ranger, a leading American Tonalist, was the visionary who established the influential Old Lyme Art Colony in Connecticut.

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