California — Hiram Powers

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Artist: Hiram Powers
Date: 1850
Medium: Marble
Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dimensions: 71 x 18 1/4 x 24 3/4 in. (180.3 x 46.4 x 62.9 cm)
Collection: The American Wing
Culture: American
Credit line: Gift of William Backhouse Astor, 1872

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