Natural Bridge, Virginia

Josephine Chamberlin Ellis

1884

  • Titles Natural Bridge, Virginia (Proper)
  • Artist Josephine Chamberlin Ellis, American, 1842 - 1912
  • Medium oil on canvas
  • Dimensions 24 × 18 in. (61 × 45.7 cm) frame: 29 1/4 × 23 3/8 × 2 1/2 in. (74.3 × 59.4 × 6.4 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Purchase with funds provided by the Friends of American Art, with additional funds provided by David B. Hezlep, Mrs. Vicki S. Daniels, Anna and Hugh S. Gainer, Mr. and Mrs. Harold H. Goings, Dr. and Mrs. James Kamplain, Marianne Schoel, Paula P. Crockard, and Mr. and Mrs. William J. Cabaniss, Sr., AFI.3.2020
  • Work Type painting
  • Classification Paintings
  • On View

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