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Painting of steam locomotives and rail cars by a wooden bridge in forested mountains under a dramatic sunset sky.

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Opening of the Wilderness, Thomas P. Rossiter (1857), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Via artnap.com

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Opening of the Wilderness by Thomas Prichard Rossiter, dated 1857, is a painting held by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. It shows steam locomotives and rail cars gathered near a wooden bridge and small buildings, with smoke rising against wooded mountains beneath a dramatic evening sky.

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