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Results for "View of a Lake"8 records

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View of Lake Pepin, Minnesota by Robert S. Duncanson, The Cleveland Museum of Art

View of Lake Pepin, Minnesota

Robert S. Duncanson (d. 1872)

1862 · Painting, oil on canvas

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View of a Lake by Thomas Doughty, The Cleveland Museum of Art

View of a Lake

Thomas Doughty (d. 1856)

c. 1830s · Painting, oil on canvas

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West Lake by Ike Taiga, The Cleveland Museum of Art

West Lake

Ike Taiga (d. 1776)

mid-1700s · Painting, Hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper

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Flüelen, from the Lake of Lucerne by Joseph Mallord William Turner, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Flüelen, from the Lake of Lucerne

Joseph Mallord William Turner (d. 1851)

1845 · Drawing, watercolor with gouache and scratch-away

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Panoramic View of the Alps, Les Dents du Midi by Gustave Courbet, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Panoramic View of the Alps, Les Dents du Midi

Gustave Courbet (d. 1877)

1877 · Painting, oil on fabric

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Baoyang Lake by Song Xu, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Baoyang Lake

Song Xu (d. 1606)

c. 1588 · Painting, Album leaf; ink and color on silk

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Boats at Anchor on West Lake at the City Gate by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Boats at Anchor on West Lake at the City Gate

Unrecorded maker

1150–1200 · Painting, Album leaf; ink and color on silk

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Daniel Maclise (1806-1870) by William Lake Price, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Daniel Maclise (1806-1870)

William Lake Price (d. 1896)

1857 · Photograph, albumen print from wet collodion negative

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