Old Man of the Mountain
David Johnson, American, 1827 - 1908
about 1876
Graphite on wove paper
Sheet: 14 5/16 × 23 3/8 in. (36.3 × 59.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Paul W. Worman Fine Art
D.999.9.1.1
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Drawing
Research Area
Drawing
Not on view
Inscriptions
Obverse: Inscribed, in graphite, upper right: 17 times as high as profile - rocks / old Man of Mountain [underlined]; lower left [possibly not artist's hand]: 230 Reverse: Inscribed, in graphite, upper left: Eagle Cliff. Franconia Notch N.H.
Publication History
Barbara J. MacAdam, Marks of Distinction, Two Hundred Years of American Drawings and Watercolors from the Hood Museum of Art, Manchester, Vermont: Hudson Hills Press, 2005, ill. p. 238.
Provenance
Paul W. Worman Fine Arts; given to present collection, 1999.
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