Drawing

Title:

On Ellis River Jackson

Object Name:

Drawing

Object ID:

2014.021.032

Creator:

Champney, Benjamin (1817-1907)

Place of Origin:

Jackson, NH

Date:

1857

Description:

Drawing. View on the Ellis River in Jackson, NH; drawn by Benjamin Champney (1817-1907), 1857. Pencil on paper. View of a large boulder and mountains on the Ellis River in Jackson, NH; river in foreground, large boulder in left center, rocky shore in right center, faintly drawn trees in left background, mountains in right background. Inscription lower right corner: "On Ellis River Jackson Oct 6th 1857". Shadow outline of boulders on reverse.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-10.1 W-13.7 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:

Mountains, Rivers