Drawing

Title:

Mt Lafayette

Object Name:

Drawing

Object ID:

2014.021.066

Creator:

Champney, Benjamin (1817-1907)

Date:

1850-1860

Description:

Drawing. View of Mount Lafayette from the north; drawn by Benjamin Champney (1817-1907). Pencil on paper. Boulders and fields in foreground; trees, farms and fence in middle ground; Mount Lafayette in center background; prominent mountain (possibly Mount Garfield) in left background; Franconia Notch in right background. Pencil inscription lower right, "Mt Lafayette Oct 22nd".

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-10.4 W-13.9 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, Mount Lafayette, Franconia Notch, Farm buildings, Farms