Painting
- Title:
- Untitled
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1964.024.05
- Creator:
- Wolcott, Josiah (1814-1885)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1847
- Description:
- Landscape Painting. Untitled, by Josiah Wolcott (1814-1885), 1847. Oil on panel. View near Passaconaway Club House (previous title given by New Hampshire Historical Society). View of river about to bend left, tree in right foreground, with cattle underneath on road. River in center with bridge in background. Boat and raft near center. Blue and lavender sky with white cloud patterns. Painted for Lewis Downing, Jr. Signed at lower right, front, in gray paint: "J. Wolcott / 1847". Three paper identification labels adhered to reverse of panel. Gilded wood frame.
- Material:
- Wood
Panel - Dimensions:
- H-19.5 W-24 D-0.2 inches
- Provenance:
- Painted for Lewis Downing, Jr. (1820-1891). Josiah Wolcott worked as an ornamental painter decorating Downing & Sons vehicles during the 1850s. From estate of Mary F. Willis, sister of the donor.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Edith F. Giberson
- People:
- Downing, Lewis, Jr. (1820-1901), Wolcott, Josiah (1814-1885), Willis, Mary F. (1883-1964), Giberson, Edith F. (1881-1975)
- Subjects:
- Cattle, Concord, NH, Rivers, Trees, Merrimack River, Rafts
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