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Drawing

Title:
Mt Mansfield from Stowe Vt
Object Name:
Drawing
Object ID:
2014.021.075
Creator:
Champney, Benjamin (1817-1907)
Date:
circa 1853
Description:
Drawing. View of Mount Mansfield from Stowe, Vermont; drawn by Benjamin Champney (1817-1907). Pencil and gouache on paper. Ledges in left foreground, trees in right middle ground, lake and mountains in background. Rocks, lakes, and clouds have white gouache accents. Pencil inscription lower right, "Mt Mansfield from / Stowe Vt".
Material:
Paper
Dimensions:
H-10.75 W-15.2 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 #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
Subjects:
Lakes & ponds, Ledges
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