Harvard Art Museums > 1898.443: Scene on the Connecticut River Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Scene on the Connecticut River (Benjamin Champney) , 1898.443,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/305980. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1898.443 People Benjamin Champney, American (New Ipswich NH 1817 - 1907 Woburn MA) Title Scene on the Connecticut River Other Titles Former Title: The Saco River with Mt. Washington Former Title: Mountain Landscape Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1850 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/305980 Physical Descriptions Medium Graphite with scratchwork on off-white wove paper coated with a white ground and mechanically tinted with blue and green inks Dimensions 26.8 x 35 cm (10 9/16 x 13 3/4 in.) image: 21.4 cm (8 7/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: graphite, l.l.: B. Champney 1850 inscription: below circle, graphite, lower right: B. Champney; bottom: Scene on the Connecticut / Drawn by Benjamin Champney. Landscape painter / of Boston. blind stamp: upper left: 24 SOHO SQUARE Provenance Recorded Ownership History John Witt Randall, Boston, MA; bequest to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892; gift to Harvard University, 1892. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall Accession Year 1898 Object Number 1898.443 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Prepared paper is "Newman's Graduated Tinted Ivory Paper." Publication History Kenyon Castle Bolton, III, Peter G. Huenink, Earl A. Powell III, Harry Z. Rand, and Nanette C. Sexton, American Art at Harvard, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1972), cat. 54, ill. Donald D. Keyes, "The Great Gallery of Nature: Benjamin Champney in the Development of White Mountain Art", Historical New Hampshire (Fall-Winter 1996), 51, nos. 3-4, pp. 93, p. 100, ill p. 93 Exhibition History American Art at Harvard, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/19/1972 - 06/18/1972 32Q: 2100 19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/14/2016 - 03/07/2017 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
