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The Lackawanna Valley, George Inness, c. 1856
George Inness, portraitGeorge InnessAmerican, 1825–1894

The Lackawanna Valley

c. 1856 · Painting

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Where is “The Lackawanna Valley” now? National Gallery of Art, Gallery 64 · West Building, Main Floor, Washington, D.C. Yes, on view now. Checked September 29, 2026.

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Room64 · West Building, Main Floor

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About the painting

The Lackawanna Valley is a c. 1855 painting by the American artist George Inness. Painted in oil on canvas, it is one of Inness's most well-known works. It is in the National Gallery of Art collection in Washington, D.C.

The painting was commissioned from Inness in 1855 by John Jay Phelps, the first president of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, and was meant to be an advertisement for his railroad company. It depicts the Lackawanna Valley in northeastern Pennsylvania at the site of the railroad's first roundhouse in Scranton.

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Accession number
1945.4.1

What it shows

LandscapeUnited StatesPARoundhouseScranton

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PaintingsOilAmerican paintingRealism19th centuryAmericanRomanticLandscape painting

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