Painting
- Title:
- Carter Dome
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 2019.027.01
- Creator:
- Sonntag, William Louis, Jr. (1869-1898)
Artist - Date:
- 1887
- Description:
- Painting of Carter Dome from Carter Notch, NH, by William Louis Sonntag, Jr. (1869-1898), 1887. Watercolor on paper. Lake in foreground with two men in rowboat; tall evergreen tree on left; smoke from a campfire in center across lake; rocky mountain in background; mostly cloudy sky. Signed and dated in ink, "Louis Sonntag Jr 1887", lower right. Inscribed in pencil, "Carter Dome", lower right margin (under mat); appears to be in same hand as signature. Double matted and framed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-14.1 W-20.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Found by the donor in the attic of his parents' house in Upperville, VA. His father, Richard Francis Strong Starr (d. 1994), and mother, Dorothy Clara Simpson Starr (d. 1982), were art collectors. The donor moved from Virginia to New Hampshire in 1998, bringing the painting with him.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Nicholas Starr
- Subjects:
- Carter Notch, Carter Dome
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