Painting
- Title:
- Untitled
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1989.046.02
- Creator:
- Titcomb, William H. (1824-1888)
Artist - Date:
- circa 1870
- Description:
- Painting, landscape, untitled, by William H. Titcomb (1824-1888), c. 1870. Oil on canvas. Possibly a painting of Lake Winnipesaukee. Cattle and sheep grazing; two figures work by split-rail fence in foreground. A house with two outbuildings; figure with livestock by barn right middle ground. A second house is uphill to the right. Lake in middle ground and background. Hazy mountains and sunset sky in the background. Unsigned. Gilded gesso over molded wood frame decorative interior of interconnected "U's".
- Material:
- Textile
Canvas - Dimensions:
- H-20 W-30 inches
- Provenance:
- Acquired by Catherine H. Campbell from Fine Art Gallery, San Francisco, 1974. Given to NHHS two weeks before Mrs. Campbell died, although listed as a bequest in her will. Given with three other White Mountain landscapes. A fifth painting, by Russell Smith (1990.1.1), was bequeathed and received after her death.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Catherine H. Campbell
- Subjects:
- Cattle, Farm, Lake Winnipesaukee, Mountains, Pasture, Sheep, Landscape paintings
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