Painting

Title:

Profile Lake

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

1956.058

Creator:

Hill, Edward (1843-1923)Artist

Place of Origin:

NH

Date:

circa 1885

Description:

Landscape painting, Profile Lake, by Edward Hill (1843-1923), c. 1885. Oil on canvas. Narrow grassy bank right foreground. Lake foreground left extending to center background. Lake surrounded by trees with hints of fall foliage. Two canoes in lake left middle ground. A brown rectangular building, mountain (Eagle Cliff), and dark cloudy sky in the background. Signed lower left: "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:

Profile Lake, White Mountains, Landscape paintings, Franconia Notch, Eagle Cliff, Lakes & ponds, Mountains, Canoes