This painting depicts a river crossing. In the center of the painting, a horse-drawn carriage is at the river's edge. The carriage itself is on the right, the wheels still partially submerged in the water, while on the left the four horses are climbing up into the bank. The horses appear to be in distress, rearing up onto their back legs and raising their heads into the air. A man on the shore is trying to calm them down, his hands raised upwards. Behind the man, on the left side of the painting, is an abandoned fishing rod and basket, and a small brown dog appears to chew one of the fishing…
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Mishap at the Ford

painter Alvan Fisher (American, 1792 - 1863)

1818

Medium
oil on wood
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 70.17 × 91.28 cm (27 5/8 × 35 15/16 in.) ; framed: 90.81 × 110.81 × 10.16 cm (35 3/4 × 43 5/8 × 4 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Gallery Fund, 1957)
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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