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Three photographs of "Fiercely the Red Sun Descending

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Folder 442

Curatorial Remarks

This appears to be a photograph of Thomas Moran's 1875-1876 oil painting "Fiercely the Red Sun Descending/Burned his way along the Heavens," currently owned by the North Carolina Museum of Art, accession number 52.9.34. The painting was inspired by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's epic poem The Song of Hiawatha.

Sandra Pauly, Luce Curatorial Scholar of American Art, 2022

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Title(s): 
Three photographs of "Fiercely the Red Sun Descending
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
American
Date: 
1878
Materials/Techniques: 
gelatin silver process
Classification: 
Photographs
Object Type: 
Photograph
Accession No: 
4316.5733
Department: 
Archive
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