Keywords: Pastoral Landscape by Alvan Fisher, 1854.jpg Artwork Creator Alvan Fisher Pastoral Landscape 1854 oil on canvas cm 61 1 51 White House Washington D C United States Notes from Kloss William et al Art in the White House A Nation's Pride Washington D C The White House Historical Association 2008 <br> In a protected glen Fisher interjects three cows and three sheep that graze drink or stand quietly under the care of a seated shepherd and his dog Nothing moves save a distant mountain cataract whose sound does not reach us Nothing disturbs the calm The artist has in some places blurred the leaves of the trees probably by splaying the bristles of his brush producing a sense of air and delicacy The White House Historical Association PD-art Other versions http //www whitehouseresearch org/assetbank-whha/action/viewAsset id 234 <gallery> </gallery> PD-old-100 Landscape paintings by Alvan Fisher 1854 paintings Paintings in the White House |