Sunrise on the Potomac

c. 1852

Dating: Approximate
Held at: National Gallery of Art
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: overall: 60.8 × 92.71 cm (23 15/16 × 36 1/2 in.) framed: 81.28 × 112.4 × 8.89 cm (32 × 44 1/4 × 3 1/2 in.)
Collection no.: 2016.22.24
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

Sunrise on the Potomac — William MacLeod. c. 1852.

Medium: oil on canvas.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 60.8 × 92.71 cm (23 15/16 × 36 1/2 in.) framed: 81.28 × 112.4 × 8.89 cm (32 × 44 1/4 × 3 1/2 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2016.22.24. Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase with funds from the Ella Poe Burling Bequest to the Women's Committee of the Corcoran Gallery of Art).

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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