This painting shows a side view of a horse and a steam train in an open landscape. The reddish-brown horse is in the center of the painting, its legs bent and its head turned over its shoulder, looking to the left. Its long brown mane and tail appear to be blown to the left by the wind, and its one visible eye is wide, its mouth partially open. The gray-and-brown train is depicted in the background on the left, following a thin curving track, plumes of white and gray smoke flowing up from it. The color palette includes brown, green, blue, and white shades. The landscape contains tall…
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The Neigh of an Iron Horse

painter Joseph Anderson Faris (American, 1833 - 1909)

186(?)

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 35 x 45.4 cm (13 3/4 x 17 7/8 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Courtesy Gwynne Garbisch McDevitt. Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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