Drawing

Title:

Chocorua Peak from Tamworth

Object Name:

Drawing

Object ID:

2014.021.017

Creator:

Champney, Benjamin (1817-1907)

Place of Origin:

North Conway, NH

Date:

1855

Description:

Drawing. View of Mount Chocorua and Three Sisters from Tamworth, NH; drawn by Benjamin Champney (1817-1907), 1855. Pencil on paper. View of sloping hillside in foreground, Mount Chocorua and Three Sisters center looking northwest, clouds in right background. Inscription lower left corner: "Chocorua Peak / from Tamworth Sept 28th 55".

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-10.2 W-13.75 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 #617, 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, Mount Chocorua