Painting
- Title:
- Untitled
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1972.081.02
- Creator:
- Champney, Benjamin (1817-1907)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- North Conway, NH
- Date:
- circa 1890
- Description:
- Landscape painting, Untitled, attributed to Benjamin Champney (1817-1907), c. 1890. Oil on canvas on artist board. View of Mount Kearsarge North. Quiet landscape with stream emerging out of the foreground. White house in middle ground and two mountains in background. Unsigned. Cardboard backing with ink inscription: "Painted By. / Benjamin Champney / Born Nov. 1817 / Died Dec. 1907 / Age 90 yrs / Painted 1890+". Cardboard removed and discarded 12/18/2007; piece bearing inscription cut out and retained in accession file. Gilded gesso over wood frame.
- Material:
- Textile
Canvas
Academy board - Dimensions:
- H-7.75 W-10.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Donated by George Gutterson. Previously owned by Mr. and Mrs. George C. Pearcy, parents of the George Gutterson's first wife. Mr. George C. Pearcy was an attorney at law in Strafford, NH, and later in Rochester, NH. See object folder.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of George P. Gutterson
- Subjects:
- White Mountains, Mount Kearsarge (North), Brooks
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