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On_the_River_Ganges,_Benares
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1883._Oil_on_canvas._28.25_x_39.25_in._(_73_x_99.7_cm_)._Collection_of_Jerald_Dillon_Fessenden.
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On the River Ganges, Benares
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| 1883. Oil on canvas. 28.25 x 39.25 in. ( 73 x 99.7 cm ). Collection of Jerald Dillon Fessenden. |
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American Academic Painter, 1849-1903, American artist, was born at Boston, Massachusetts, in 1849. He was a pupil of Leon Bonnat and of Jean-Leon Gerome, at Paris. He made many voyages to the East, and was distinguished as a painter of oriental scenes. In 1895 he wrote and illustrated a book of travels, From the Black Sea through Persia and India, and two years later he published Episodes of Mountaineering. He died in November 1903. He was a member of the Legion d'honneur, France, an officer of the Order of St. Michael, Germany, and a member of the Secession, Munich.
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