"Niagara" by Frederic Edwin Church

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Oil on canvas at Ccoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Church, Frederic Edwin (1826-1900): "His travels in the America, Europe, and the Near East provided material for many of his finest works. He was also a devout liberal Calvinist and a patriot, roles that contributed to the spirit of optimism and grandeur evident in his paintings." [Kloss: World's Greatest Paintings]