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Frederic Edwin Church

Twilight in the Wilderness

1860
oil on canvas
101.6 × 162.6 cm (40 × 64 in)

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● On view now — 206 American Landscape

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · verified July 2026

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An image of this painting has a cameo in the Harrison Ford film Clear and Present Danger .

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