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The Prairie on Fire, 1827. Oil on canvas.
Oil on canvas · 61 × 83.8 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- The Prairie on Fire
- Artist
- Alvan Fisher American, 1792–1863
- Date
- 1827
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 61 × 83.8 cm (24 × 33 in.)
- Credit line
- Through prior acquisition of the George F. Harding Fund; purchased with funds provided by Jamee J. and Marshall Field; Americana Endowment Fund
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1792–1863
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.