Painting
- Title:
- Untitled
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1989.046.03
- Creator:
- Champney, Benjamin (1817-1907) -- Artist
- Date:
- 1863
- Description:
- Painting, landscape, untitled, by Benjamin Champney (1817-1907), 1863. Oil on academy board. Probably a view of the Bearcamp River in West Ossipee, NH. River with tree-lined banks. Large tree is bending over the river middle ground right. Mountain in background with pink and purple clouds. Vertical rectangle composition with curved upper corners. Signed, lower left: "B.C. 1863". Gilded gesso over molded wood frame with gilded mat.
- Material:
- Academy board
- Dimensions:
- H-9.25 W-7 inches
- Provenance:
- The landscape was painted by Benjamin Champney for the U.S. Sanitary Commission Fair, Boston, December 19, 1863. It was won by William N. Bourne of Cambridge, MA. Acquired by Mrs. Campbell from Vose Galleries, 1977, it was given to NHHS two weeks before Mrs. Campbell's death although listed as a bequest in her will. Given with three other White Mountain landscapes. A fifth painting (1990.001.001), by Russell Smith, was bequeathed and received after her death.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Catherine H. Campbell
- Subjects:
- Ossipee, NH, Saco River, Landscape paintings
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