Portrait of the Racehorse 'American Eclipse' (Primary Title)

Alvan Fisher, American, 1792 - 1863 (Artist)

1822
American
oil on canvas
Unframed: 23 1/2 × 28 1/2 in. (59.69 × 72.39 cm)
Framed: 30 3/4 × 35 3/4 in. (78.11 × 90.81 cm)
85.640
Not on view
Signed and dated lower center (date hidden by frame): A. Fisher Pinx.t / 1822
Inscribed on back of canvas, "American Eclipse The property of C.W. Van Ramst / City Newyork" across the top and "Painted by Alvan Fisher / May 1822" lower left.
Paul Mellon Collection
"Tales from the Turf: The Kentucky Horse 1825-1950", Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY, November 15, 2019 - March 1, 2020

"Afield in America: 400 Years of Animal and Sporting Art, 1585-1985", National Sporting Library, Middleburg, October 11, 2011 - January 14, 2012.

"The Beauty in the Beast", Columbus Museum of Art (Georgia), October 16, 1994 - January 27, 1995.
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