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Marker detail: Asher B. Durand, <i>High Point: View of the Shandaken Mountains</i> oil, 1853
Photographer: Courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art/Art Resources NY
Caption: Marker detail: Asher B. Durand, High Point: View of the Shandaken Mountains oil, 1853
Additional Description: The ridge of the Catskills from High Point up the Esopus Valley was known as the Shandaken Mountains. Durand's view of High Point depicts the area of the valley now the site of the Ashokan Reservoir.
Submitted: March 25, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p514545
File Size: 1.633 Megabytes

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