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Drawing

Title:
Elm
Object Name:
Drawing
Object ID:
2014.021.040
Creator:
Champney, Benjamin (1817-1907)
Date:
1861
Description:
Drawing. View of an elm tree; drawn by Benjamin Champney (1817-1907), 1861. Pencil on paper. View of an elm tree on the edge of a pond, pond in foreground, reflection of tree in center foreground, elm tree center, outline on mountains in background, outline of tree on right background. Inscription lower right corner: "Elm Sept 17th 61".
Material:
Paper
Dimensions:
H-10.1 W-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 #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
Subjects:
Trees, Ponds, Elms
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