Drawing

Title:

Berlin Falls- on the Androscoggin

Object Name:

Drawing

Object ID:

2014.021.022

Creator:

Champney, Benjamin (1817-1907)

Place of Origin:

Berlin, NH

Date:

1856

Description:

Drawing. View of Berlin Falls on the Androscoggin River, Berlin, NH; drawn by Benjamin Champney (1817-1907), 1856. Pencil on paper. View of Berlin Falls on the Androscoggin River; boulders on shore in left foreground, river in right foreground; falls in center, woods and boulders on shore in background, brown and white pastel accents throughout. Pencil notations about color and physical features in lower right corner. Inscription lower right corner: "Berlin Falls - on the Androscoggin / BC Sept 14th 1856".

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-10.4 W-14.5 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 #614, 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:

Woods, Rivers