Painting
- Title:
- Untitled
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1974.048
- Creator:
- Knowlton, Charles J. B. (1834-1896)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1880
- Description:
- Landscape painting, untitled, by Charles J. B. Knowlton (1834-1896), 1880. Oil on wood. Oval landscape and gilded mat on rectangular-shaped panel. Large rocks and two trees in foreground with man standing on left. Large blue lake in middle ground. Purple mountains in background with sky and clouds. Unsigned. Ink inscription on backing paper: "This was painted by (Uncle) Charles J.B. Knowlton, for many years design painter for Abbott Downing Co., of Concord, N.H. Much of his work was on vans, express wagons and stage coaches. - John Lew Clark". Black painted oak with glass and gilded oval mat.
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-5.5 W-9 inches
- Provenance:
- Given by the artist to his sister, Helen Sweatt Knowlton, wife of Chief Justice Lewis Whitehouse Clark.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Helen H. Clark
- Subjects:
- Lakes, Mountains, Boulders, Sailboats, Landscape paintings
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