Painting
- Title:
- Mount Jefferson from Mount Washington
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1974.021
- Creator:
- Garnier, Hippolyte Louis (1802-1855)
- Place of Origin:
- Paris, France
- Date:
- 1840
- Description:
- Landscape painting, Mount Jefferson from Mount Washington, by Hippolyte Louis Garnier (1802-1855), 1840. Oil on canvas. Based on a plate from Bartlett's "American Scenery." Six figures in the center foreground at a picnic; man to the right in brown coat gestures to the right; man and woman with white parasol sit on the right; a small picnic basket at their feet; dog stands to the left in profile; a woman and man are standing to the left, the woman wearing a red jacket and a blue-ribbon bonnet; man between two groups is climbing hill from behind. Mountains middle and background with clouds and blue sky. Unsigned. Pencil inscription on stretcher reverse: "Painted by Garnier from a drawing by Bartlett." Stamped on back of canvas: "20/ Ancienne Maison/ VALLE/ BELLAVOINE Succ.../ 5 Rue de la ..../ PARIS". Black stained molded wood frame with fruit and foliate carvings at four corners with gilded ribbon.
- Material:
- Textile
Canvas - Dimensions:
- H-21.375 W-29 inches
- Provenance:
- Purchased with funds provided by William N. Banks.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase, with funds provided by William Nathaniel Banks
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