Drawing

Title:

Mt Jefferson from Bellows Hotel

Object Name:

Drawing

Object ID:

2014.021.004

Creator:

Champney, Benjamin (1817-1907)

Place of Origin:

Pinkham Notch, NH

Date:

1851

Description:

Drawing. View of Mount Jefferson from the Bellows Hotel; drawn by Benjamin Champney (1817-1907), 1851. Pencil on paper. View of Pinkham Notch and Presidential Range; Mount Jefferson, Adams, and Madison in background; wooded hillside with Bellows Hotel (predecessor of the Glen House) and figures in the foreground. Inscription lower right corner: "Mt Jefferson from / Bellows Hotel / Aug 12th/51."

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-10.1 W-13.5 inches

Provenance:

From a collection of drawings by Benjamin Champney purchased at the auction of the estate of Wallace D. Fealy (1932-2012) of Stanchfield, Minnesota, conducted by Fahey Auctioneers and Appraisers, November 5, 2013. Part of lot #606, one of 26 lots sold by Robert C. Eldred Co., East Dennis, MA; purchased at auction, April 5, 2014, with funds provided by 17 donors.

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase with funds provided by P. Andrews and Linda McLane, G. Warren and Leslie Schomaker, Michael Mooney, Josh Eldred, Jamie LaFleur, Roger E. Belson, Jackson Historical Society, Doug and Karin Nelson, Bryant F. Tolles, William W. Upton, Charles O. and Gloria Vogel, John and Alice Pepper, John A. and Nina DeLoge, Frances S. MacIntyre, Samuel M. and Sheila Robbins, Barbara MacAdam, and the Katharine Prentis Murphy Fund

People:

Champney, Benjamin (1817-1907)

Subjects:

Mountains, Hotels, Mount Jefferson, Mount Adams, Presidential Range, Mount Madison