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Bronze medal, Pan-American Exp., Buffalo, 1901; silver medal, Soc. 

 Amer. Artists, 1902; Inness prize, Salma. C. 1907. A. N. A. 1907; member 

 N. Y. Water Color Club. Studio, New York. 



OLD VIADUCT AT LITTLE FALLS, N. J. 

 Signed and dated, 1900. On canvas, 23^ H., 29 W, 



SEA ECHOES. 

 Signed and dated, 1908. . On canvas, 271^ H., 35^4 W. 



Wyant, Alexander H. 



Born, Port Washington, Ohio, 1836; died in New York, 1892. Land- 

 scape painter. Devoted himself in early life to painting photographs and 

 portraits in Cincinnati. At the age of 21 years visited George Inness, 

 whose influence is shown in many of his most important works. He was 

 later a pupil of Hans Gude in Karlsruhe, and a student of the works of 

 Turner and Constable in London. Exhibited first at the National Acad- 

 emy of Design in New York, in 1865. N. A. and one of the founders of the 

 American Water Color Society. His studio was in New York. 



AUTUMN AT ARKVILLE. 

 Signed. On canvas, 20 H., 28^ W. 



THE FLUME, OPALESCENT RIVER, ADIRONDACKS. 

 Signed. On canvas, 47>^ H., 35^^ W. 



HOUSATONIC VALLEY. 

 Signed. On canvas, 24 H., 36 W. 



SPRING. 



Signed. On canvas, 15 H., 22|^ W. 



PERMANENT ACQUISITIONS FROM OTHER SOURCES 

 Church, Frederic Edwin. 



Born, Hartford, Conn., 1826; died. New York, 1900. Landscape 

 painter. Pupil of Thomas Cole at Catskill, where he worked for several 

 years before opening a studio in New York. Was elected a member of 

 the National Academy of Design in 1849. Travelled in South America 

 in 1853 and 1857; later visited Labrador and the West Indies, and in 1868 

 made his first trip through Europe, which also extended to Palestine. 

 His best known work is The Falls of Niagara, owned by the Corcoran 

 Gallery of Art. 



AURORA BOREALIS. 



Signed and dated, 1865. On canvas, 57 H., 83>^ W. 



Gift of Miss Eleanor Blodgett, May 20, 1907. 



