Drawing

Title:

Mt Kearsarge from Jericho

Object Name:

Drawing

Object ID:

2014.021.043

Creator:

Champney, Benjamin (1817-1907)

Place of Origin:

Jericho, NH

Date:

1876

Description:

Drawing. View of Mount Kearsarge North and Bartlett Mountain from Jericho, NH; drawn by Benjamin Champney (1817-1907), 1876. Pencil on cardboard. View of Mount Kearsarge North and Bartlett Mountain from low hillside, low hillside in foreground, boulders in left and right foreground, small grove of trees in center foreground, hillside in left center, valley in center, Mount Kearsarge North in left background, Bartlett Mountain in center background, mountains in right background, outlines of clouds in distance. Hotel visible on summit of Kearsarge North. Inscription lower right corner: "Mt Kearsarge from Jericho / Oct 1st 76".

Material:

Cardboard

Dimensions:

H-11 W-16.3 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 #621, 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:

Mountains, Hills, Trees, Mount Kearsarge (North)