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On Northern Heights
On Northern Heights

On Northern Heights

Artist/Maker (United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959)
Date1906
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 30 × 46 in. (76.2 × 116.8 cm) frame: 36 × 52 in. (91.4 × 132.1 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineThe Widener Charitable Limited Partnership, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Terms
    Object numberW1998.095
    DescriptionThree dall sheep stand at the peak of a rocky mountain. One stands at the very top, the other two are below him and all look out to the left. Other mountain peaks are in the distance lit by the setting sun. There is a similar painting in Frontispiece to Charles Sheldon, The Wilderness of the Upper Yukon, 1911.
    Status
    Not on view