Painting
- Title:
- A Mountain Highway, Franconia Notch
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 2007.054.03
- Creator:
- Granbery, Virginia (1831-1921) -- Artist
- Date:
- circa 1900
- Description:
- Landscape painting, A Mountain Highway, Franconia Notch, by Virginia Granbery (1831-1921),
c. 1900. Black and gray watercolor on illustration board. View of Franconia Notch looking north from the road. Painted area is horizontal rectangle with arched top and bottom. Titled in black ink within bottom arch: "A MOUNTAIN HIGHWAY - FRANCONIA NOTCH, N.H." Decorative border in black ink. White ink monogram, "VG", in bottom left corner of image. Pencil inscription on board, lower left: "Duotone H.T. / Color - Black & Green". " 5" " in pencil at bottom, indicating width of reproduction to be made. - Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-20 W-22.4 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:
- Franconia Notch
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