1820
GUSN-10777
Figure of a girl dressed in bright colors leaning on a rock beside a stream running through center foreground. Lush vegetation frames figure. Mountain in center background. Predominantly dark greens and grays with bright white light behind mountain. Frame: deep cove molding with floral relief decoration in gesso.
paintings (visual works)
supports (artists' materials)
oil paint (paint)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
girls
Picture
Landscape
Oil
Particle Board
Girl
Landscape
Landscape
In ink on back: ""Emma F. Welch from Aunt Elizabeth/by Fisher""
Fisher, Alvan, 1792-1863 (Artist)
Boston, MA, USA
16.75 x 14.5 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of William Sumner Appleton
1941.208
Massachusetts (United States)
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