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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.167.1-50
People
Benjamin Champney, American (New Ipswich NH 1817 - 1907 Woburn MA)
Title
New Hampshire Sketchbook
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
sketchbook
Date
1859
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308603

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown fabric-covered cardboard covers and brown leather spine; fifty pages of off-white wove paper
Dimensions
10.1 x 16.1 x 3 cm (4 x 6 5/16 x 1 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Daniel E. Kennedy, Chestnut Hill, MA, Sold to the Fogg Art Museum, 1960. Transaction made through William Bond of Houghton Library.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, William C. Heilman Fund
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.167.1-50
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Sketchbook with brown fabric-covered cardboard covers and brown leather spine. Slit with remnants of black fabric on back cover from cloth tie. Pages of off-white wove paper, with drawings in graphite.
Commentary
Sketchbook with brown fabric-covered cardboard covers and brown leather spine. Slit with remnants of black fabric on back cover from cloth tie. Pages of off-white wove paper, with drawings in graphite.

Publication History

  • 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, p. 100 (note 7)
  • Under Cover: Artists' Sketchbooks, website, Harvard University Art Museums, 2006, www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/sketchbooks

Exhibition History

  • Under Cover: Artists' Sketchbooks, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 08/01/2006 - 10/22/2006

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