Drawing

Title:

Kearsarge Mt from Sligo (Bartlett)

Object Name:

Drawing

Object ID:

2014.021.028

Creator:

Champney, Benjamin (1817-1907)

Place of Origin:

Jericho, NH

Date:

1857

Description:

Drawing. View of Mount Kearsarge North and Bartlett Mountain from Jericho, NH; drawn by Benjamin Champney (1817-1907), 1857. Pencil on paper. View of Mount Kearsarge North and Bartlett Mountain looking east from hillside in Jericho, NH; boulder in left foreground, wooded hills in foreground, left and right center, valley in center, Mount Kearsarge North in left background, Bartlett Mountain in center background, mountains in right background. Inscription lower right corner: "Kearsarge Mt from Sligo (Bartlett) / BC Aug 26 1857".

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-11.1 W-15 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 #622, 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, Mountains, Mount Kearsarge (North)