Engraving
- Title:
- Sunset at the White Mountains
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 1993.028.02
- Creator:
- Gifford, Sanford Robinson (1823-1880)
Artist ; Wellstood, William (1819-1900)Engraver - Place of Origin:
- Cincinnati, OH
- Date:
- 1841-1876
- Description:
- Engraving. Sunset at the White Mountains, engraved by William Wellstood (1819-1900), after a painting by Sanford R. Gifford (1823-1880). The Ladies' repository: a monthly periodical, devoted to literature, arts, and religion. Edited by Isaac William Wiley. Volume: 24, Issue: 12, Dec 1864.. Ink and watercolor on paper. Hand-colored. View of Mount Washington, White Mountains N.H. Image of Mount Washington in center background; lake in foreground with marshy banks at left; red clothed figure on boat in center right. Mount Adams pointed peak in right background. Printed around lower edges of oval: "PAINTED BY S.R. GIFFORD", "ENGRAVED BY W. WELLSTOOD". Titled below image: "SUNSET AT WHITE MOUNTAINS/ ENGRAVED FOR THE LADIES' REPOSITORY FROM THE ORIGINAL PAINTING IN THE POSSESSION OF W. HATFIELD ESQ". Unframed. From The Ladies Repository: A Monthly Periodical; Devoted to Literature and Religion.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-6 W-9 inches
- Provenance:
- Came with lot of 32 NH prints; NHHS purchased only 3.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- Subjects:
- Mount Washington, Mount Adams
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