Painting
- Title:
- Tamworth, New Hampshire
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1989.046.01
- Creator:
- Johnson, David (1827-1908)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Tamworth, NH
- Date:
- 1863
- Description:
- Landscape Painting. "Tamworth, New Hampshire", by David Johnson (1827-1908), 1863. Oil on canvas. Field in foreground and middle ground. Medium-sized rock in center. Trees with green foliage in left middle ground to background. Mountain in right background. Blue graduated sky. Signed with monogram on front, lower left, "DJ. 63." Inscribed on canvas reverse: "A study / at Tamworth NH / David Johnson. 1863". Gilded gesso over wood frame, high relief rococo-revival carvings on the exterior molding.
- Material:
- Textile
Canvas - Dimensions:
- H-9.625 W-15.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Acquired by Mrs. Campbell from Kennedy Galleries in 1977. Given to NHHS two weeks before Mrs. Campbell died, although listed as a bequest in her will. Given with three other White Mountain landscapes. A fifth painting, by Russell Smith (1990.1.1) was bequeathed and received after her death.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Catherine H. Campbell
- Subjects:
- Field, Mountain, Tamworth, NH, Woods
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