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Robert Swain Gifford American
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A high dune at left has low trees growing on its crest and is skirted by a path at center, leading to the ocean. A man walks along the path, away from the viewer, holding a gun.
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Title: The Path to the Shore
Artist:
Robert Swain Gifford (American, Nonamesset, Massachusetts 1840–1905 New York)
Date: 1879
Medium: Etching and drypoint
Dimensions:
Plate: 4 5/16 × 7 15/16 in. (11 × 20.2 cm)
Sheet: 8 3/8 × 11 3/4 in. (21.2 × 29.9 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Bequest of Grace M. Pugh, 1985
Accession Number: 1986.1180.1682
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