A Home in the Wilderness, 1866. Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823-1880). Oil on canvas; framed: x x cm (45 1/4 x 68 3/8 x 6 1/2 in.); unframed: x cm (30 1/4 x 53 7/16 in.); former: 96 x x 9 cm (37 13/16 x 60 13/16 x 3 9/16 in.). Gifford’s view of Mount Hayes in New Hampshire records human intrusion into a remote landscape. On the left riverbank a log cabin stands amid a recently cleared patch of land with several tree stumps, while figures in its doorway greet a man who has arrived with a canoe of supplies.

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Photo credit: © CMA/BOT / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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