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Artist in the Global Art Registry
Alvan Fisher
1792–1863 · American
- Born
- 1792 · Needham
- Died
- 1863 · Dedham
11 works in the Collect24 Registry
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Alvan Fisher was an American landscape and genre painter.
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Alvan Fisher (August 9, 1792 – February 13, 1863) was an American landscape and genre painter.
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11
Registered works
11
In museum collections
0
In gallery collections
0
In private collections
Featured works
Selected registered works by Alvan Fisher
Selected from 11 works by Alvan Fisher in the Collect24 Registry.
Alvan Fisher
A General View of the Falls of Niagara, 1820
oil on canvas
87.2 × 122.3 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum
C24-134484
Alvan Fisher
The Great Horseshoe Fall, Niagara, 1820
oil on canvas
87.2 × 122 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum
C24-134159
Alvan Fisher
Scene with Dogs (from McGuire Scrapbook), 1836
Graphite on off-white wove paper
11.9 × 18.3 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-937863
Alvan Fisher
Landscape with Cows, 1816
oil paint
71.1 × 101.9 cm
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
C24-453204
Alvan Fisher
Corn Husking Frolic, 1828
oil paint
70.8 × 62.2 cm
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
C24-453205
Alvan Fisher
Lake in the Mountains with Hunters, 1857
oil paint
35.6 × 43.5 cm
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
C24-453203
Alvan Fisher
Sugar Loaf Mountain, 1821
oil paint
64.8 × 83.5 cm
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
C24-453200
Alvan Fisher
Portrait of a Lady, 1840
oil paint
86.7 × 68.6 cm
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
C24-453202
Alvan Fisher
Portrait of a Gentleman, 1840
oil paint
86.4 × 68.9 cm
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
C24-453201

Alvan Fisher
A Calm Watering Place--Extensive and Boundless Scene with Cattle, 1816
oil on panel
78 × 102.2 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-1101471
Alvan Fisher
View of Harvard College, 1821-1830
Gray wash over graphite on off-white wove paper
43.5 × 45 cm
Harvard Art Museums
C24-539654
Alvan Fisher
View of Goat Island, and Part of the Sclosher Fall, Niagara Falls, c. 1820
Graphite and gray wash with brown ink on cream wove paper
25.2 × 37.9 cm
Harvard Art Museums
C24-467840
Museums and collections
Where works by Alvan Fisher are registered
- Museum of Fine Arts Boston
United States
6 works
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington, D.C., United States
2 works
- Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
1 work
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
1 work
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, United States
1 work
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