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French Creek - Hay Creek

French Creek - Hay Creek

Artist: John Heyl Raser (American, 1824 - 1901)

Date: 1861
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Canvas: 10 x 17 in. (25.4 x 43.2 cm)
Credit Line:Gift, Reading Public Library and the City of Reading
Object number: 1913.19.1
One of the earliest paintings to enter the Reading Public Museum Collection, French Creek demonstrates Raser’s interest in the natural beauty of the region and the artist’s exacting technique.
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