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Drawing

Title:
Woodland Park
Object Name:
Drawing
Object ID:
2006.039.03
Creator:
Hill, Edward (1843-1923)
Date:
1915
Description:
Landscape drawing, Woodland Park, by Edward Hill (1843-1923), 1915. Pencil on paper. One of a pair of pencil sketches (2006.039.02 and 2006.039.03). Woodland Park, Seattle, WA. Depicts path through forest, starting at left foreground and curving slightly to the right as it extends into background. Slope at right, foreground. Several large trees along path at left. Signed at lower right, "Edward Hill / Woodland Park / Aug. 17 15." Vertical rectangle. Gold-painted, molded wood frame, with glazing.
Material:
Paper
Dimensions:
H-11.75 W-8.75 inches
Provenance:
One of four artworks acquired by donor from Helen Colby, widow of Ernest S. Colby, Jr., of Portland, OR. Mr. Colby inherited the works from his father, Ernest S. Colby, Sr., who purchased them from the Hood River, OR, Masonic Lodge in 1925. Edward Hill's sons had given all of their father's remaining artwork and studio effects to the Lodge in 1923 in payment of his hospital bills and funeral expenses.
Credit Line:
New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
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