Title: The African Sentinel
Object type: Painting
Date: 1865
Culture: American
Artist:  Elihu Vedder 
Artist bio: American, New York 1836–1923 Rome
Artist nationality: American
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 14 1/4 x 8 9/16 in. (36.2 x 21.8 cm)
Credit line: Bequest of Stephen Whitney Phoenix, 1881
Department: The American Wing
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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