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Dark crouching figure on a rocky ledge under a glowing moon, in a hazy yellow-green night landscape.

The Signal Fire, Ralph Albert Blakelock

A dim, moonlit landscape in yellow-green haze, with a dark silhouetted figure crouched on a rocky outcrop in the left foreground. Dense shadowed foliage frames the left edge, and a faint distant hill rises at right under a glowing pale moon.

Artist
Ralph Albert Blakelock
Date
1885-1890
Medium
oil on wood
Source
Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
Size
2104 × 2880 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1890).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum

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