Painting

Title:

View from Crawford Notch

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

1962.011

Creator:

Hill, Thomas (1829-1908)Artist

Date:

1869

Description:

Landscape painting, View from Crawford Notch, by Thomas Hill (1829-1908), 1869. Oil on academy board. View of Elephant's Head from Crawford House. Open field in foreground stretches to middle ground with intersecting dirt roads. Small grouping of trees and a small body of water in left middle ground. Mountains and Crawford Notch background. Signed lower left: "T. Hill. / 1869". Gilded oak frame.

Material:

Academy board

Dimensions:

H-12.5 W-18 inches

Provenance:

Previously owned by Benjamin W. Kilburn (1827-1909), Littleton, NH, a friend of Thomas and Edward Hill. Letter in object folder states that the donor, Edward Robinson, is the nephew of Benjamin W. Kilburn, and Robinson inherited the paintings from his mother who had the paintings since 1917.

Credit Line:

Gift of Edward K. Robinson

People:

Hill, Thomas (1829-1908), Kilburn, Benjamin W. (1827-1909), Robinson, Edward K.

Subjects:

Crawford Notch, Elephant Head, Elephant's Head, White Mountains, Landscape paintings, Mount Webster