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Painted landscape of a wooden fence in the foreground, autumn trees, distant village houses and a wide pale water view.

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The Fence on the Hill, William Sidney Mount, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Via artnap.com

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A painted landscape viewed over a foreground rail fence, with dense autumnal trees and a cluster of distant houses below a rising hill. A wide expanse of water and a flat horizon with a pale sky stretch across the background. This work is titled The Fence on the Hill, by William Sidney Mount, held by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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