Steamwheeler on the Upper Mississippi, 1865, Ferdinand Richardt, American, 1819–1895, 24 3/8 x 31 3/4 in. ( x cm) (sight)32 1/2 x 39 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. ( x x cm) (outer frame), Oil on canvas, Denmark, 19th century, As the interior of America became more accessible in the 1800s, European and American artists arrived with their sketchpads. Back in the studio, their visual notes guided their dramatic paintings of nature’s splendor. From 1855 to 1859, Richardt visited several of the country’s famous natural wonders: Niagara Falls, Mammoth Caves, Virginia’s Natural Bridge

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