Painting
- Title:
- Echo Lake
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1956.059
- Creator:
- Hill, Edward (1843-1923)
Artist - Date:
- circa 1885
- Description:
- Landscape painting, Echo Lake, by Edward Hill (1843-1923), c. 1885. Oil on canvas. Echo Lake from a sandy shore. Three trees curve slightly toward the lake in middle ground; tree canopy covers top portion of painting. Lake in left middle ground. Steep mountain with trees in left background. Signed lower right: "Edward Hill." Gilded gesso over wood frame with floral and foliate high-relief decoration and large beaded trim.
- Material:
- Textile
Canvas - Dimensions:
- H-18 W-14 inches
- Provenance:
- Originally owned by Warren P. Dustin (1846-1920) and Persis (Merriam) Dustin (1847-1934), Cambridge, MA, who with their family vacationed during summers at a cottage near the Franconia Inn, Sugar Hill, NH. The donor, Florence S. Dustin (1887-1967), was their youngest daughter.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Florence S. Dustin
- People:
- Hill, Edward (1843-1923), Dustin, Warren P. (1846-1920), Dustin, Persis M. (1847-1934), Dustin, Florence S. (1887-1967)
- Subjects:
- Echo Lake, White Mountains, Franconia Notch, Landscape paintings, Lakes & ponds
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