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Buggy

Unknown

1853

From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art

Romanticism Early 19th Century Carriage

Dominant colour

Buggy is a 1853 by Unknown, a Romanticism work, depicting Carriage, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.

Who painted this?: Unknown
When & what style?: 1853 · Romanticism
Where can I see it?: Cleveland Museum of Art

About this work

You see a simple wooden buggy parked on a dirt road, wheels caked in mud. No one knows who painted it or why. It’s not fancy—just a quiet slice of life from the 1850s. The artist didn’t sign it, so the work survives on its own, without a famous name attached. That makes it feel strangely honest, like a snapshot from someone’s ordinary day. If you like this kind of everyday scene, look up paintings of *america* from the same time.