Art in Embassies
New Hampshire Views

Paintings are in order by artist last name.  The artist name is a hyperlink to biographical information about the artist.  The sizes given are canvas size followed by framed size.  The provenance, if known, is given.  Comments and general information about the painting, when known, are given last.

Thompson Falls and the Saco Valley
Benjamin Champney
Oil on canvas, 26.00 x 36.00 inches
Framed size: 33.50 x 43.50 inches
Unsigned
1855

Handy Collection

This painting is shown in The Magazine Antiques, November, 1963 in the article Benjamin Champney and the American Barbizon, 1850 - 1857. Its attribution is 'Handy collection.' It was called 'Thompson's Falls and the Saco Valley; 1855.' The painting is clearly an early Champney and one of his best efforts. Thompson Falls is described both in Champney's and Starr King's books.

 

North Moat from North Conway
Benjamin Champney
Oil on canvas, 12.00 x 18.00 inches
Framed size: 17.00 x 23.00 inches
S/D/L/R: B. Champney 76
1876

 

Lake Winnipesaukee
George F. Higgins
Oil on canvas, 24.00 x 40.00 inches
Framed size: 29.75 x 45.75 inches
S/D/L/R: G F Higgins/1870
1870

 

Mount Adams from the Glen
Sylvester Phelps Hodgdon
Oil on canvas, 16.00 x 25.00 inches
Framed size: 27.50 x 36.00 inches
S/D/L/R: S. P. Hodgdon 1873
1873

 

Mount Kearsarge in Fall
William F. Paskell
Oil on canvas, 20.00 x 24.00 inches
Framed size: 25.50 x 29.50 inches
S/L/L: Wm. Paskell.
Circa 1930

Inscribed on back "Mount Kearsarge from North Conway, NH."

 

Mount Kearsarge in Spring
William F. Paskell
Oil on canvas, 20.00 x 24.00 inches
Framed size: 25.50 x 29.50 inches
S/L/L: Wm. Paskell.
Circa 1930

Inscribed on the canvas, "Mount Kearsarge from North Conway, NH."


 

On the Ellis River, Jackson, NH
Frank Henry Shapleigh
Oil on canvas, 10.00 x 18.00 inches
Framed size: 17.75 x 25.75 inches
S/L/L: F.H. Shapleigh

 

Indian Guide, Mount Chocorua
Aaron Draper Shattuck
Oil on canvas, 10.00 x 18.00 inches
Framed size: 17.00 x 25.00 inches
S/D/L/L: A. D. Shattuck 58
1858

Possibly Charles Wood, New York
Jeanne C. & John J. Bowden, Bayside, Long Island, New York
Dr. and Mrs. ALick Osofsky, Hewlett Bay Park, New York
Collection of the Masco Corporation

This painting is signed on the back Wm. S. Mount, March 7th 1859 and inscribed "Figures introduced by particular request" on the reverse.  See American Art Review, May-June 1976, pp. 71-72.