Drawing

Object Name:

Drawing

Object ID:

2014.021.050C

Creator:

Champney, Benjamin (1817-1907)

Place of Origin:

North Conway, NH

Date:

1850-1860

Description:

Drawing. View of Mount Washington from North Conway, NH; drawn by Benjamin Champney (1817-1907). Pencil on paper. View of Mount Washington through valley from hillside; trees in left foreground and center, valley in right foreground, center, and right center, mountains in left center, center background, and right background, outlines of clouds in left and center background. Horizontal fold down center; one sketch above, one sketch on reverse.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-13.75 W-10.2 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)

Subjects:

Mountains, Trees, Valleys, Mount Washington