Painting

Title:

Mill at New Ipswich

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

1957.025

Creator:

Leslie, Hannah D. (1810-1830)

Place of Origin:

Brookline, NH

Date:

circa 1825

Description:

Landscape painting, Mill at New Ipswich, by Hannah D. Leslie (1810-1830), c. 1825. Watercolor on paper. A signpost, reading "Mason 7 miles" in script, on shore right foreground with tree and stump at center and large tree at left arching over to frame composition. Falls and river in left middle ground running to right foreground. Large mill, with two stylized waterwheels, and accompanying dwelling in middle ground. Two houses in left background on hill together with a meeting house with a spire on one of its long sides. Black border around all four edges. Pencil inscription on reverse: "Hannah Leslie's painting." Pencil inscription on mat: "Mason Mill:. On back of mat: "Mill at New Ipswich, N.H., 1823-1830 / by Hannah D. Leslie (1810-1830), Brookline, N.H. / probably Farrar's Mill (built c. 1790)". Unframed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-5.5 W-6.375 inches

Provenance:

Painted by Hannah Leslie (1810-1830) of Brookline, NH, when about 13 years old. Apparently acquired from the Leslie family by an Amherst dealer. Prior to the identification of Hannah Leslie as from Brookline, this picture was thought to represent a mill at New Ipswich, NH. It now seems likely that this is a somewhat fanciful representation of one of the many mills operating in Brookline, some of which are known to have been located near Meeting House Hill.

Eaton Clapp purchased the painting from Mrs. Helen C. Wiggin of Amherst, NH.

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase

People:

Leslie, Hannah D. (1810-1830)

Subjects:

Churches, Houses, Mills, Trees, Waterwheels, Landscape drawings, Landscape paintings