Painting
- Title:
- Notch of the White Mountains
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1993.008.094
- Creator:
- Bachelder, John Badger (1825-1894)
Artist - Date:
- circa 1858
- Description:
- Painting of Notch of the White Mountains, by John Badger Bachelder (1825-1894), c. 1858. Watercolor on paper on paperboard. Crawford Notch, NH. Woman and man riding on road between rocky cliffs toward Crawford House in the distance. Pencil inscription upper center on paperboard: "LAKE AND MOUNTAIN VIEWS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE". Numbers one and two below image with two numerical keys: [at left] "1 Head Waters of the Saco River", at right, "2 Crawford House". Lower center: "NOTCH OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS". Signed in lower left corner: "JNO. B. BACHELDER". Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-4.625 W-8 inches
- Provenance:
- This painting includes a rare view of the original Crawford House at Crawford Notch, which was destroyed by fire on April 3, 1859.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- Subjects:
- Crawford Notch, White Mountains, Crawford House
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