Drawing

Title:

Stowe

Object Name:

Drawing

Object ID:

2014.021.041

Creator:

Champney, Benjamin (1817-1907)

Place of Origin:

Stowe, VT

Date:

1863

Description:

Drawing. View bridge over a waterfall, Stowe, VT; drawn by Benjamin Champney (1817-1907), 1863. Pencil on paper. View of a bridge over a waterfall, stream in foreground, boulders and trees along shore on left and right center, waterfall in center, trees along shore on left and right foreground, bridge with figure in center background with trees along shore in distance. White watercolor accents on waterfall, stream and tree extending from shore. Inscription lower right corner: "Stowe Vt July 1863".

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-15 W-10.85 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 #620, 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, Waterfalls, Streams, Bridges