Painting

Title: In the Notch

Object Name: Painting

Object ID: 1917.011

Creator: Scott, John White Allen (1815-1907)Artist

Place of Origin: Boston, MA

Date: 1857

Description: Landscape painting, In the Notch, by John White Allen Scott (1815-1907), 1857. Oil on canvas. A view of Crawford Notch. Grassy sloping hill in foreground; a broken and a standing birch tree right; rocks on left. Trees surround small body of water in middle ground. Two figures in a boat; one figure is standing and wearing red. Field with house and outbuilding in left middle ground. Forests and mountains in background. Signed lower right: "J.W.A. Scott / 1857". Gilded gesso over wood frame with fruit and floral exterior; reeded cove.

Material: Textile
Canvas

Dimensions: H-24 W-36 inches

Provenance: This painting was owned by Ellen D. Hill (1828-1917) of Concord, NH, the daughter of coach manufacturer Lewis Downing and wife of dry goods merchant Joseph C. A. Hill (1820-1901). Ellen Hill acquired this and other works of art, including prints and sculpture, to decorate her home during the mid 19th century.

Credit Line: Bequest of Ellen D. Hill

People: Scott, John White Allen (1815-1907), Hill, Ellen Downing (1828-1917), Hill, Joseph C. A. (1821-1901)

Subjects: Crawford Notch, White Mountains

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