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Maker(s):Bierstadt, Albert
Culture:American (1830-1902)
Title:Campfire
Date Made:1863
Type:Painting
Materials:oil on canvas
Measurements:canvas: 17 x 24 1/4 in.; 43.18 x 61.595 cm
Accession Number:  AC 1968.17
Credit Line:Gift of Herbert W. Plimpton: The Hollis W. Plimpton (Class of 1915) Memorial Collection
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Description:
Campfire in foreground just right of center with figures grouped around it; another figure walking from left with a load of wood in his arms; and one coming from right carrying two pails. The fire lights up a tree just behind it and the area above and around it showing a large covered wagon at the left. The immediate foreground is very dark execept for small red reflections from the fire in the center.

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