Painting
- Title:
- Presidential Range and Ammonoosuc River, Near Fabyan's
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1980.028
- Creator:
- Shapleigh, Frank H. (1842-1906)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Crawford Notch, NH
- Date:
- 1881
- Description:
- Landscape painting, Presidential Range and Ammonoosuc River, Near Fabyan's, by Frank H. Shapleigh (1842-1906), 1881. Oil on canvas. Ammonoosuc River in foreground to middle ground; shrubs on edges of river bank. Forests and the Presidential Range in background. Peaks, left to right: Mount Jefferson, Mount Clay, Mount Washington (with Cog Railway visible), Mount Monroe, and Mount Eisenhower (formerly Mount Pleasant). Signed lower right: "F.H. Shapleigh 1881". Painted inscription on the reverse of the canvas: "The Presidential Range and Ammonusnc (sic) River, Near Fabyan's" by Frank Shapleigh". Gilded gesso over wood frame with twisted-rope-like carvings and a plain gilded cove.
- Material:
- Textile
Canvas - Dimensions:
- H-14 W-24 inches
- Provenance:
- Purchased from Christie's, New York, June 24, 1980, Lot 281.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of William N. Banks
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