Painting

Title:

Sand Beach, Blodgett's Landing, Lake Sunapee

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

1986.105

Creator:

Hill, Edward (1843-1923)Artist

Date:

circa 1900

Description:

Painting, landscape, Sand Beach, Blodgett's Landing, Lake Sunapee, by Edward Hill (1843-1923), c. 1900. Oil on canvas. Curving sandy beach from center foreground to middle ground. Trees with rocks right foreground. Two figures (bathers) stand by rowboat on shore center middle ground. Figures also in water, boats, and on shore center background. Lake middle ground center to left. Trees and blue sky. Pencil inscription lower tacking margin: "Sand Beac[h] Blodgets Landing Lake S[unapee]". Gilded gesso over molded wood frame.

Material:

Textile
Canvas

Dimensions:

H-14.125 W-20.75 inches

Provenance:

Acquired by Hood River (Oregon) Masonic Lodge upon Hill's death in 1923. Purchased from Lodge by Ernest S. Colby, Sr. in 1929. Inherited by E.S. Colby, Jr. Purchased from latter by Charles Vogel and Robert Goldberg in 1983. Purchased by donor at auction in Bar Harbor, Maine in Sept. 1986.

Credit Line:

Gift of Robert M. Desky, in honor of Catherine H. Campbell

People:

Hill, Edward (1843-1923)

Subjects:

Blodgett's Landing, Lake Sunapee, Landscape paintings, Swimming, Recreation, Spiritualism, Religious communities, Religious groups, Religious retreats, Lakes & ponds, Beaches