Drawing

Object Name:

Drawing

Object ID:

2014.021.052

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, stream and farmland; stream in left foreground and left center, small bridge and outline of a cow in center foreground, shore in right foreground, cow and farmland in center, trees in left center, mountains in left background, Mount Washington in center background.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-10.2 W-13.75 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 #622, 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, Rivers, Farms