Painting

Title:

Mt. Lafayette

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

2012.004

Creator:

Stanwood, Franklin (1852-1888) -- Artist

Date:

1886

Description:

Landscape painting, Mount Lafayette in winter, by Franklin Stanwood (1852-1888), 1886. Oil on canvas. Depicts snow-capped Mount Lafayette in center background; Franconia Notch and river in middle ground; hunter crouched next to wooden fence and stone wall in center foreground; red fox running toward left, with tracks in snow. Signed and dated in black paint, lower right: "-MT. LAFAYETTE- / FRANKLIN STANWOOD -1886 -". Reverse of frame is marked twice in black paint, "626 ins.", and has printed paper label, "132".

Material:

Textile

Dimensions:

H-34 W-54 inches

Provenance:

Purchased by donors at Mrs. Laurence C. Andrew estate auction.

Credit Line:

Gift of John J. and Joan R. Henderson

People:

Stanwood, Franklin (1852-1888), Andrew, Laurence C., Henderson, John J., Henderson, Joan R.

Subjects:

Mount Lafayette, Franconia Notch, Winter, Snow, Fox hunting, Foxes, Hunting, Hunter