Engraving
- Title:
- Mount Washington / From the Valley of Conway
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 2007.021
- Creator:
- Kensett, John F. (1816-1872)
Artist ; Smillie, James (1807-1885); Dalton, James - Place of Origin:
- New York City, NY
- Date:
- 1851
- Description:
- Engraving of Mount Washington From the Valley of Conway, engraved by James Smillie (1807-1885), after painting by John F. Kensett (1816-1872), 1851. View of snow-capped Presidential Range and the Conway intervale. Village on right, White Horse Ledge and Cathedral Ledge on left, and farmhouses in center. Meadows with sheep in foreground. Imprinted in bottom margin: "MOUNT WASHINGTON / FROM THE VALLEY OF CONWAY. / Engraved from the original Painting in possession of the American Art Union / Printed by J. Dalton. / American Art Union 1851. / Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1851 by the American Art Union in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York." Imprinted just below image, lower left: "PAINTED BY JOHN F. KENSETT.", and lower right: "ENGRAVED BY JAMES SMILLIE". Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-12.8 W-15.3 inches
- Provenance:
- Purchased by donor c. 1998 at flea market at Washington County Fairgrounds, Greenwich, NY.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Wesley G. Balla
- Subjects:
- Mount Washington, Conway, NH, Sheep, Farm houses, Cathedral Ledge, White Horse Ledge, Meadows
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