Painting
- Title:
- Mount Adams
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1978.043
- Creator:
- Bierstadt, Albert (1830-1902)
Artist - Date:
- circa 1858
- Description:
- Landscape painting, Mount Adams, by Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902), c. 1858. Oil on paper on cardboard. Painting of Mount Adams on left and Mount Madison on right in the White Mountains. Brass nameplate on frame reads: ALBERT BIERSTADT / 1830-1902". Inscribed in pen on the reverse: "Mt. Adams White Mts. NH". Gilded gesso over wood frame with foliate-scroll exterior.
- Material:
- Paper
Cardboard - Dimensions:
- H-11.25 W-15.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Presented by donors in honor of Nelle (Mrs. Phillip B.) Holmes for her 22 years of service as a trustee of the New Hampshire Historical Society. Mr. Seybolt acquired the painting from Florence Lewison Gallery, which had purchased it from the estate of H.D.G. Rohlfs, Jr. who acquired it from the Bierstadt Estate.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. George C. Seybolt, in honor of Nelle Holmes
- People:
- Bierstadt, Albert (1830-1902)
- Subjects:
- Mount Adams, White Mountains, Mount Madison
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