Painting

Title:

Crawford House at Crawford Notch

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

2017.028

Creator:

Crawford, Caroline (1842-1908)

Date:

circa 1876

Description:

Landscape painting, Notch House, Crawford Notch, NH, attributed to Caroline "Kate" Crawford (1842-1908), c. 1876. Oil on canvas. View looking south through Crawford Notch from vicinity of Crawford House. Notch House on left with Elephant Head ledge above it. People and horse on left side of Notch House. Mount Webster in center background. Gray clouds. Ink inscription on back of canvas: "THE CRAWFORD HOUSE AT CRAWFORD NOTCH NEW HAMPSHIRE / PAINTED BY KATE CRAWFORD DAUGHTER OF TOM CRAWFORD / FOUNDER OF THIS ORIGINAL HOUSE DONE IN 1826".

Material:

Textile

Dimensions:

H-18 W-26 inches

Provenance:

Given to donor's grandmother, Lillian (Aldrich) Hill (1871-1943) of Boston, by an aged woman she had cared for. This may have been Caroline "Kate" Crawford (1842-1908), the daughter of Thomas J. Crawford, owner of the Notch House. The painting was next owned by donor's mother, Helen Leach (Hill) Waghorne (1899-1981) of Melrose, MA.

Probably painted during the summer of 1876, when Kate Crawford visited Crawford Notch and climbed Mount Washington in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Willey Slide.

Credit Line:

Anonymous gift

Subjects:

Crawford Notch, Elephant Head, Mount Webster, Notch House