The Canal, Metamora

J. Ottis Adams
1897
Oil on canvas
24 x 18 inches

Other Information
Framed dimensions: 33 x 27 inches
Inscription: Signed and dated lower right
Provenance: Private Collection, Richmond, Indiana.
Exhibited: Brookville, Indiana, Franklin County Courthouse, "Brookville Through the Artist's Eye" exhibition, 2009; Richmond, Indiana, Richmond Art Museum, "Collector's Edition: Hoosier Art Heritage," February 1-March 26, 2016 (label verso); Richmond, Indiana, Richmond Art Museum, "Impressionists of Indiana: The Hoosier Group," June 23-October 6, 2025.

This is a view of the Whitewater Canal in historic Metamora, Indiana. The canal features the only remaining wooden aqueduct still in operation in the United States.