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The Last Sleep
The Last Sleep

The Last Sleep

Artist George Cochran Lambdin American, 1830–1896
Datecirca 1858
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions40 x 54 3/4 in. (101.6 x 139.1 cm)
Frame: 52 x 66 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. (132.1 x 169.5 x 11.4 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Peter A. Vogt
Object numberG.79.4.1
On View
Not on view
Provenance**Created United States, ca. 1858; collection of the artist; the artist’s brother, Dr. Alfred Lambdin (d. 1911); probably given or bequeathed to Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia; [sale, Samuel T. Freeman & Co., Philadelphia, 1950]; Jay Lush, Philadelphia; [on consignment with Bernard Conwell Carlitz, Philadelphia]; Peter A. Vogt (1926–2013), Lakeview, NY, 1970; given to NCMA, 1979.
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