Snow Sheds on the Central Pacific Railroad in the Sierra Nevada Mountains / Joseph Becker

Gallery Label

0136.1212

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Art Item Information

©Gilcrease Museum

Title(s):

Snow Sheds on the Central Pacific Railroad in the Sierra Nevada Mountains; The First Transcontinental Train Leaving Sacramento

Creator(s):

Joseph Becker (Artist)

Culture:

American

Date:

late 19th century

Materials/Techniques:

oil on canvas

Classification:

Paintings

Object Type:

Oil Painting

Credit Line:

Gift of the Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, 1955

Accession No:

01.1212

Previous Number(s):

0136.1212; 39022

Department:

Art

Not On View

Dimensions

Framed:

Height: 22 1/4in. (56.5cm)
Width: 29 1/4in. (74.3cm)
Depth: 1 3/4in. (4.4cm)

Image:

Height: 19in. (48.3cm)
Width: 26in. (66.0cm)

About the Creator(s)

From Gilcrease Museum:

Creator:

Joseph Becker

Role(s):

Artist

From Getty's Union List of Artist Names:

Names (all):

Becker, Joseph

Birth Date:

1841

Death Date:

1910

Nationalities:

American (North American)

Roles:

American illustration and painter, 1841-1910

Gender:

male

Inscriptions: Inscribed in print on exhibition label, "National Museum of American Art Smithsonian Institution" on conservation backing; Inscribed in print on exhibition label, "Museum of American Folk Art"; Inscribed in print on exhibition label, "Yale University Art Gallery" on verso

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Cite this Page

Becker, Joseph. Snow Sheds on the Central Pacific Railroad in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. 01.1212. late 19th century. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/011212 (10/05/2018).

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