Painting
- Title:
- The White Hills
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1932.008
- Creator:
- Phelps, William H.
- Date:
- 1889
- Description:
- Landscape Painting. The White Hills, by William H. Phelps, 1889. Oil on canvas. Pathway leading through rolling hills in foreground, with trees and meadows dotting the area. Three figures are standing in the middle foreground on pathway (two women and one man). Small white house with smoking chimney further down pathway at center, middle ground. Range of mountains (Presidential Range) in background with high, snow-covered mountain (Mount Washington) at center. Signed "W.H. Phelps 1889" at lower right. Gilded gesso on wood frame, starburst exterior trim and floral trimmed corners.
- Material:
- Textile
Canvas - Dimensions:
- H-24 W-46 inches
- Provenance:
- According to Mr. and Mrs. Crawford Campbell in a conversation on August 5, 1980, this painting was done after a print of a painting by Kensett. Kensett's original is said by the Campbells to have "hung over Champney's fireplace," and students made many copies of the original in many sizes. Gift of Harold Murdock in memory of his brother, Admiral Joseph B. Murdock.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Harold Murdock, in memory of Rear-Admiral Joseph B. Murdock
- Subjects:
- Mount Washington, Presidential Range, Mountains, Trees
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