Mote [Moat] Mountain from Jackson Falls, New Hampshire

Frank Henry Shapleigh, American, 1842 - 1906

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1877

Oil on canvas

Overall: 24 × 14 in. (61 × 35.6 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund

P.961.4

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

19th century

Object Name

Painting

Research Area

Painting

Not on view

Inscriptions

Signed and dated: F. H. Shapleigh, 1877. On reverse: Mote [sic] Mountain from Jackson Falls by F. H. Shapleigh

Exhibition History

A Space for Dialogue 52, When Men and Mountains Meet; Artists Celebrating the White Mountains, Kathleen Rice, Class of 2009, The Kathryn and Caroline Conroy Intern, Main Lobby, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, August 20-October 11, 2009.

The Art of Frank Shapleigh, New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord, New Hampshire, October 14-November 27, 1982.

The New England Image: 19th Century Landscapes from the College Collection, Carpenter Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 12-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. 56-57, no. 23.

Kathleen Rice, A Space for Dialogue 52, When Men and Mountains Meet; Artists Celebrating the White Mountains, Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 2009, checklist.

Provenance

Raymond G. Clifton (1895-1968), Pine Cupboard Antique Shop, Franklin, New Hampshire; sold to present collection, 1961.

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