About This Artwork
Alvan Fisher
American, 1792-1863
The Prairie on Fire1827
Oil on canvas
61 x 83.8 cm (24 x 33 in.)
Signed, dated, and inscribed on verso, prior to lining: Painted by Alvan Fisher 1827
Through prior acquisition of the George F. Harding Fund; restricted gift of Jamee J. and Marshall Field; Americana Fund, 2008.559
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Ownership History
The artist; sold for $100 to Samuel G. Goodrich (1793–1860), Boston, Mass., 1828; to Private Collection, Cambridge, Mass.; by descent in family for three generations; to Private Collection, Kennebunkport, Maine; consigned to Vose Galleries, Boston; to Private Collection, Mass.; sold to Menconi & Schoelkopf Fine Art, New York, N.Y.