Painting

Title:

The Flume

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

1924.003.04

Creator:

Gerry, Samuel Lancaster (1813-1891)Artist; Frost & Adams; Childs, Alfred A. & Company

Place of Origin:

New Hampshire

Date:

1882

Description:

Landscape Painting. "The Flume," by Samuel Lancaster Gerry (1813-1891), c. 1882. Oil on canvas. Painting of the Flume prior to the collapse of the great boulder in 1883. Waterfall center background cascading to lower right foreground. Boulders in left foreground with small flowering bush lower left. Wooded walkway curving around left rock-face in middle ground; figure with red shirt, back pants, and walking stick on walkway. Large boulder between two rock-faces in background. Signed lower left: "SL Gerry." Printed paper label on bottom member of stretcher reads: "SOLD BY / FROST & ADAMS, / Nos. 33 and 35 Cornhill, Boston." Brass nameplate on frame: "The Flume. / Gerry." Gilded gesso over wood frame with leaves and berries exterior molding, acanthus leaves cove with beaded trim inset. "Manufactured by / ALFRED A. CHILDS & CO. / No. 4 Park Street, / BOSTON" stamped on upper left side, reverse of frame.

Material:

Textile
Canvas

Dimensions:

H-30.5 W-20.25 inches

Provenance:

Part of a collection of paintings and objects donated by Mabelle F. Greenleaf (1873-1966), in memory of her late husband, Charles Henry Greenleaf (1841-1924) and their daughter, Edith Greenleaf.

Credit Line:

Gift of Mabelle Furst Greenleaf, in memory of Charles Henry Greenleaf and Edith Greenleaf

People:

Greenleaf, Charles Henry (1841-1924), Greenleaf, Edith (1916-1916), Greenleaf, Mabelle F. (1873-1966), Gerry, Samuel Lancaster (1813-1891)

Subjects:

Flume, Landscape paintings, Waterfalls, Boulders, Gorges, Franconia Notch