Painting
- Title:
- Old Man of the Mountain
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1925.007.01
- Creator:
- Hill, Edward (1843-1923)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Gardiner, MA
- Date:
- 1879
- Description:
- Landscape Painting of the Old Man of the Mountain, by Edward Hill (1843-1923), 1879. Oil on canvas. Birch trees left side forefront, some broken; gorge in center with trees bending over and broken on right in foreground; Old Man of the Mountain's profile upper center, surrounded by rising mist and clouds in background. Signed and dated lower right corner: "Edward Hill. / 1879". Remnants of two illegible paper labels attached to the back of the stretcher. Vertical rectangle. Gilded gesso over wood with bronze painted surface frame; painted pressed tin floral ornaments attached to each corner on front.
- Material:
- Textile
Canvas - Dimensions:
- H-16.3 W-12.1 inches
- Provenance:
- Donated by Ida Farr Miller, daughter of the original owners, Evarts W. and Ellen Burpee Farr of Littleton, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Ida Farr Miller
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