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10.00" x 6.50"
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2.00"
Frame Width:
0.88"
Overall:
15.50" x 12.00"
View from Marie Antoinette Overlook Framed Print
by Carolyn Derstine
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View from Marie Antoinette Overlook framed print by Carolyn Derstine. Bring your print to life with hundreds of different frame and mat combinations. Our framed prints are assembled, packaged, and shipped by our expert framing staff and delivered "ready to hang" with pre-attached hanging wire, mounting hooks, and nails.
Design Details
The Marie Antoinette Lookout is located just off of US Route 6 near Wyalusing in Pennsylvania. It offers a scenic view of the Susquehanna River, the... more
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The Marie Antoinette Lookout is located just off of US Route 6 near Wyalusing in Pennsylvania. It offers a scenic view of the Susquehanna River, the mountains, the French Azilum (French for "asylum"), and a French refugee settlement that was built sometime in the late 1700s or early 1800s by French refugees fleeing the ongoing violence in France. It is believed that members of the French aristocracy bought land that was across the river from the lookout and built a house there for Marie Antoinette to find safety from the continuing violence in France . It is not known whether Marie Antoinette ever knew about Azilum as a potential refuge as she was beheaded in France soon after the settlement was established. The settlers lived here for 10 years until Napoleon Bonaparte, the Emperor, after the French Revolution, granted repatriation rights to citizens who had fled around the world to escape persecution.
The settlement is now known as the French Azilum Historic Site. There is...
About Carolyn Derstine
Nature has always played a significant role in my life. On walks with my dad when I was a child, I was taught to notice the world around me and appreciate the wonder of nature and all of God's creation. To this day, being out in nature is balm for my soul and necessary for my well-being. When I took up photography, I suddenly had a way to express my joy in nature by preserving the wonder I see, and then being able to share it with others. While I initially did nature and especially macro (close-up) photography, my interests have expanded into photography from travels, scenes of local interest, historic buildings, and basically any interesting image I happen to come across! Since I have taken up photography, my enjoyment of the...
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