Title: Chocorua Lake Albany NH
Object Name: Drawing
Object ID: 2014.021.015
Creator: Champney, Benjamin (1817-1907)
Place of Origin: Tamworth, NH
Date: 1854
Description: Drawing. View of Chocorua Lake and Mount Chocorua from Tamworth, NH, looking north; drawn by Benjamin Champney (1817-1907), 1854. Pencil on paper. View from a hillside of valley, Chocorua Lake in center, Mount Chocorua in background, Little Lake in foreground; woods surrounding lakes in center. Inscription bottom left corner: "Chocorua Lake Sept 28/54 / Albany NH".
Material: Paper
Dimensions: H-10.2 W-13.75 inches
Provenance: From a collection of drawings by Benjamin Champney purchased at the auction of the estate of Wallace D. Fealy (1932-2012) of Stanchfield, Minnesota, conducted by Fahey Auctioneers and Appraisers, November 5, 2013. Part of lot #617, one of 26 lots sold by Robert C. Eldred Co., East Dennis, MA; purchased at auction, April 5, 2014, with funds provided by 17 donors.
Credit Line: New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase with funds provided by P. Andrews and Linda McLane, G. Warren and Leslie Schomaker, Michael Mooney, Josh Eldred, Jamie LaFleur, Roger E. Belson, Jackson Historical Society, Doug and Karin Nelson, Bryant F. Tolles, William W. Upton, Charles O. and Gloria Vogel, John and Alice Pepper, John A. and Nina DeLoge, Frances S. MacIntyre, Samuel M. and Sheila Robbins, Barbara MacAdam, and the Katharine Prentis Murphy Fund
People:
Champney, Benjamin (1817-1907)
Subjects:
Mountains,
Lake