Painting
- Title:
- Ascutney Mountain
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 2011.003
- Creator:
- Miller, Roderick E. (1828-1911) -- Artist
- Date:
- 1872
- Description:
- Landscape painting, Ascutney Mountain, by Roderick E. Miller (1828-1911), 1872. Oil on canvas, framed. Horizontal rectangle. View of Mount Ascutney across Connecticut River from Claremont, NH. Union Episcopal Church (1773) in foreground. Connecticut River valley in center, surrounded by hills and valleys. Mount Ascutney rises in background above Weathersfield, VT. Signed, lower left, "Rod. E. Miller. / 1872". Pencil inscription on back of stretcher: "Valley of the Connecticut with / Ascutney Mountain, Weathersfield, V.T., / West from Twistback Hill, Claremont, NH". Paper label adhered to back of stretcher at top: "Boston Art Club / Exhibition: March 1873 / Subject: Ascutney Mountain / Artist: R. Miller".
- Material:
- Textile
- Dimensions:
- H-20 W-30.2 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase, Katharine Prentis Murphy Fund
- People:
- Miller, Roderick E. (1828-1911)
- Subjects:
- Mount Ascutney, Claremont, NH, Episcopal churches, Landscape paintings
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