Drawing
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 2014.021.036A
- Creator:
- Champney, Benjamin (1817-1907)
- Date:
- 1858
- Description:
- Drawing. Lake scene; drawn by Benjamin Champney (1817-1907), 1858. Pencil on paper. View of lake and mountains from a low hillside; grassy hillside in left foreground, wooded shore in right foreground, cattle in left center, lake in right center, fields and mountains in background. Horizontal rectangular piece of paper folded lengthwise along bottom edge. Vertical oval watermark imprint lower left corner. Inscription lower right corner: "Oct 3d 1858".
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-7.7 W-9.8 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 #615, 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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