Landscape with Ferryboat on Lake Winnipesaukee
Wellman Morrison, American, 1815 - 1857
1849
Oil on canvas
Overall: 22 1/4 × 27 3/8 in. (56.5 × 69.5 cm)
Frame: 29 × 36 in. (73.7 × 91.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund
P.959.49
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and dated, lower right: W. Morrison 1848
Exhibition History
Mirrors of the Soul, Reflections on the Lakes Region, Belknap Mill Society, Laconia, New Hampshire, May 5-June 30, 1988.
The New England Image: 19th Century Landscapes from the College Collection, Carpenter Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 14-September 26, 1982.
Publication History
Robert L. McGrath, The New England Image: 19th Century Landscapes from the College Collection, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1982, pp. 50-51, no. 20.
Provenance
Raymond G. Clifton (1895-1968), Pine Cupboard Antique Shop, Franklin, New Hampshire; sold to present collection, 1959.
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