Painting
- Title:
- Presidential Range
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1981.006
- Creator:
- Hill, Edward (1843-1923)
Artist - Date:
- 1886
- Description:
- Landscape painting, Presidential Range, by Edward Hill, (1843-1923),1886. Oil on canvas. View of the Presidential Range from the vicinity of the Waumbek Hotel in Jefferson, NH. Barns on treelined property in foreground, wood pile at left. Two horse-drawn carriages approaching on dirt road at center foreground. Figures along roadside at right and at center. Mountains across background are lavender, backed by a bright blue sky with white clouds. Peaks, from left to right: Mount Madison, Mount Adams, Mount Jefferson, and Mount Washington. Dark spot on left shoulder of Mount Washington is the headwall of the Great Gulf. Signed at lower left in black: "Edward Hill. / 1886". Brass plate at lower edge of frame reads: "Presidential Range, NH. 1886 / EDWARD HILL". Gilded gesso over wood frame with decorative foliate and beaded trim (decorative molded bands from interior to exterior: acanthus leaf, beading, stylized foliate design, laurel and berries garland, and flower petals garland).
- Material:
- Textile
Canvas - Dimensions:
- H-44 L-64 inches
- Provenance:
- Purchased from Craig and Tarlton, Inc., 122 Glenwood Ave, Raleigh, NC, in 1981. Gift of the W. N. Banks Foundation.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of The W. N. Banks Foundation
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