Drawing
- Title:
- White Mts from Shelburne
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 2014.021.030
- Creator:
- Champney, Benjamin (1817-1907)
- Place of Origin:
- Shelburne, NH
- Date:
- 1857
- Description:
- Drawing. View of the White Mountains from Shelburne, NH; drawn by Benjamin Champney (1817-1907), 1857. Pencil on paper. View of Mount Jefferson, Mount Madison and White Mountains from Shelburne, NH; meadow and trees in foreground, wooded hillside in left center, Androscoggin River in center, grove of pine trees in center center, mountains in left background, Mount Jefferson and Mount Madison in center background, ridge line in right background. Pencil nototation "oats" in right foreground. Inscription bottom center right: "White Mts from Shelburne / BC Sept 2nd 1857".
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-10.8 W-14.8 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)
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