Drawing
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 2014.021.090
- Creator:
- Champney, Benjamin (1817-1907)
- Date:
- 1850-1860
- Description:
- Drawing. Haying scene, Saco River, North Conway, NH; drawn by Benjamin Champney (1817-1907). Pencil on paper. Saco River in foreground, with cows drinking; meadows and hay wagon on left; trees on both sides of river; mountains in background, including Mount Chocorua.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-7 W-10 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 #607, 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:
- Saco River, Mount Chocorua, Cows, Cattle, Hay, Hay mowers, Trees
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