Etching
- Title:
- Franconia Notch
- Object Name:
- Etching
- Object ID:
- 2014.002
- Creator:
- Robbins, Frederick (1893-1974)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Alexandria, NH
- Date:
- circa 1950
- Description:
- Etching, Franconia Notch, by Frederick G. Robbins (1893-1974), c. 1950. Ink printed on paper. Horizontal rectangle. View looking north with conifer trees in foreground, Cannon Mountain on left, and Franconia Range on right. Titled in pencil, lower left: "Franconia Notch". Signed in pencil, lower right: "Frederick Robbins". Pencil inscriptions at bottom edge of paper: "FRA" and "7.00".
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-7.9 W-10.2 inches
- Provenance:
- Artist Frederick Goodrich Robbins, the son of Alfred L. and Clara (Van Ness) Robbins, was born at Oak Park, IL, on May 8, 1893. He grew up in Indianapolis, IN, before moving to San Francisco, CA, around 1920. He studied art there and in Philadelphia, PA. Robbins traveled abroad in 1930 to study in the Netherlands. In 1940 he moved to Alexandria, NH, living in a rural cabin on Newfound Lake. Robbins captured rural life, real and ideal, through his etching, drawings and paintings.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- Robbins, Frederick (1893-1974)
- Subjects:
- Franconia Notch, Franconia Range, Cannon Mountain, White Mountains
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