Alvan Fisher
The Freshet
1836
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Alvan Fisher
The Freshet
1836
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, Framed: 37 1/4 × 47 1/4 × 3 1/4 in. (94.6 × 120 × 8.3 cm.)
Unframed: 32 × 42 1/8 in. (81.3 × 107 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Thomas G. Machen in Memory of her Husband, Thomas G. Machen
Object Number
1979.169
Lewis Henry Machen, Washington, D.C., 1838; to his son, Arthur W. Machen; Thomas G. Machen; Mrs. Thomas G. Machen, Baltimore
Robert F. Perkins and William J. Gavin, "Alvan Fisher's The Freshet Identified", American Art Journal, April 1979, Vol. XI, no. 2, pp. 85-86
Sona K. Johnston, "American Painting 1750-1900 from the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," 1983, pp. 64-66, ill. p. 65 .
Fred B. Adelson, "The Paintings of Alvan Fisher", American Art Review, July - August 2001, p.115
Charles C. Eldridge, "John Steuart Curry's Hoover and the Flood: Painting Modern History", The University of North Carolina Press, 2007
Inscribed: l.l., A. Fisher/1837