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Sanford Robinson Gifford

A Home in the Wilderness

1866
oil on canvas
76.8 × 135.7 cm (30.2 × 53.4 in)

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · verified July 2026

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Gifford considered this painting to be one of his finest creations.

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