Painting
- Title:
- Road to the Flume
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 2007.054.01
- Creator:
- Granbery, Virginia (1831-1921)
- Date:
- circa 1900
- Description:
- Landscape painting, Road to the Flume..., by Virginia Granbery (1831-1921), c. 1900. Black and gray watercolor on square illustration board. Snow-covered road leading downhill to covered bridge on left. Two men on left, apparently snowshoeing. Large trees in center. Mount Liberty in distance. Painted area is horizontal rectangle with arched top and bottom. Titled in black ink within bottom arch: "ROAD TO THE FLUME - WINTER - FRANCONIA NOTCH - WHITE MOUNTAINS,N.H." Decorative border in black ink. Ink monogram, "VG", in bottom left corner of image. Pencil inscription on board, lower left: "Duotone H.T. / Colors - Blue and Black". Number "5" at bottom, indicating width of reproduction to be made.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-20 W-19.9 inches
- Provenance:
- One of a group of watercolors (probably 12) produced for a New Hampshire Fire Insurance Company calendar. The group was acquired by dealer Richard Thorner of Manchester, NH, who sold at least six of them to dealer Scott Winslow of Bedford, NH. The donor, Bruce Gimelson, acquired these five from Scott Winslow.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Bruce Gimelson
- People:
- Granbery, Virginia (1831-1921)
- Subjects:
- The Flume, Franconia Notch, Covered bridges, Mount Liberty, Snowshoes snowshoeing, Snow, Trees, Winter
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