Painting
- Title:
- Darrah's Pond, Litchfield, N.H.
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1972.082.01
- Creator:
- Hill, Edward (1843-1923)
Artist - Date:
- 1895
- Description:
- Landscape painting, Darrah's Pond, Litchfield, N.H., by Edward Hill (1843-1923), 1895. Oil on canvas. Pond in foreground and middle ground. Lily pads in pond foreground. Woods left middle and background.One rowboat and one small steamboat on the lake middle ground. Two boathouses and main house right background; buildings are yellow with red trim. Four figures stand on dock right of the boathouse. Sunset sky with pink clouds. Signed lower right: "Edward Hill 1895". Gilded gesso over wood frame.
- Material:
- Textile
Canvas - Dimensions:
- H-26.25 W-42 inches
- Provenance:
- Acquired by Frank D. Laton (1845-1913) and hung in the parlor of his home on Orange Square, Nashua. Donated by Frank D. Laton's daughter, Abbie M. Laton (1891-1981) and his grand-daughter, Dorothy L. Wentworth (1916-1999).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Dorothy L. Wentworth and Abbie M. Laton, In Memory of Mr. and Mrs. Frank D. Laton
- People:
- Hill, Edward (1843-1923), Laton, Frank D. (1845-1913), Laton, Abbie M. (1891-1981), Wentworth, Dorothy Laton (1916-1999)
- Subjects:
- Darrah's Pond, Landscape paintings, Sunsets, Ponds, Rowboats
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