Drawing

Title:

North Conway

Object Name:

Drawing

Object ID:

2014.021.035

Creator:

Champney, Benjamin (1817-1907)

Place of Origin:

North Conway, NH

Date:

1858

Description:

Drawing. View of Moat Mountain and the Ledges from North Conway, NH; drawn by Benjamin Champney (1817-1907), 1858. Pencil on paper. View of Moat Mountain, White Horse Ledge, and Cathedral Ledge from a low hillside in North Conway over the Intervale; meadow in foreground, sparse woods in left center, fences in center, meadow in right center, Moat Mountain, White Horse Ledge, and Cathedral Ledge in right background. Inscription lower right corner: "B.C. North Conway Sept 30th 1858".

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-10.75 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 #603, 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:

Meadows, Farms, Ledges, Mountains