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The Valley in the Sea
Edward Moran1862
Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
Indianapolis, United States
Details
- Title: The Valley in the Sea
- Creator Lifespan: 1829 - 1901
- Creator Nationality: American
- Creator Gender: Male
- Date Created: 1862
- Type: oil paintings
- Rights: Martha Delzell Memorial Fund
- External Link: http://www.imamuseum.org/mercury/load-artwork/22671
- Medium: oil on canvas
- wall label: This canvas is perhaps the only panoramic underwater scene in 19th-century American art, and it is the aquatic equivalent of a Hudson River School landscape. Moran may have been inspired by underwater exploration related to the laying of the first successful telegraph cable in 1858.
- measurements: 40 1/2 x 64 in. 49 1/4 x 73 in. (framed)
- Artist: Moran, Edward
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