Drawing
- Title:
- Madison + Jefferson from the Leadmine Bridge Shelburne
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 2014.021.029
- Creator:
- Champney, Benjamin (1817-1907)
- Place of Origin:
- Shelburne, NH
- Date:
- 1857
- Description:
- Drawing. View of Mount Jefferson and Mount Madison from Shelburne, NH; drawn by Benjamin Champney (1817-1907), 1857. Pencil on paper. View of Mount Jefferson and Mount Madison from the Lead Mine Bridge on the Androscoggin River; wooded shore in left and right foreground, rocky shore in center foreground, winding river in right foreground, wooded shore in center, ledges right center, Mount Jefferson and Mount Madison in center background. Inscription lower right corner: "Madison + Jefferson from the Leadmine Bridge / Shelburne BC Sept 2nd 1857".
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-10.8 W-14.6 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)
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