Drawing

Title:

White Pine Sawyers Pond

Object Name:

Drawing

Object ID:

2014.021.039

Creator:

Champney, Benjamin (1817-1907)

Place of Origin:

Livermore, NH

Date:

1860

Description:

Drawing. View of a white pine on Sawyer Pond, Livermore, NH; drawn by Benjamin Champney (1817-1907), 1860. Pencil on paper. View of Sawyer Pond and a white pine, shore in left foreground, pond in right foreground, wooded shore in left center, white pine in center, outlines of shore and mountains in background. White water color accents on white pine and pond. Inscription lower left corner: "White Pine Sawyers Pond / Aug 30th 1860".

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-15.1 W-11.1 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 #604, 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:

Trees, Ponds, White pines