Mount Washington from Manns Hill
Gamaliel Waldo Beaman, American, 1852 - 1937
about 1880s
Oil on canvas
Overall: 13 3/16 × 20 1/2 in. (33.5 × 52 cm)
Frame: 22 × 30 in. (55.9 × 76.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Robert A. and Dorothy H. Goldberg
P.987.34.2
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed lower right: WB[G?] [in monogram]; inscribed on stretcher: Mt. Washington N.H. from Manns Hill
Exhibition History
A Sweet Foretaste of Heaven: Artists in the White Moutains, 1830-1930, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 10-October 30, 1988.
Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire, March 17, 2016-June 30, 2018.
Mount Washington: The Crown of New England, Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire; October 1, 2016-January 16, 2017.
White Mountains: Conway, New Hampshire, Town of Conway, New Hampshire, November 24, 1992-March 31, 1993.
Publication History
Robert L. McGrath and Barbara J. MacAdam, "A Sweet Foretaste of Heaven", Artists in the White Mountains 1830-1930, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1988, p.75, no.36.
New England Series: White Mountain School, Center Sandwich, New Hampshire: Bunty Walsh Cards, pre-1987 (1 of 16 notecards in the series).
Robert McGrath, Gods in Granite: The Art of the White Mountains of New Hampshire, Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press, 2001, 216 p., ill. 74, ill. no. 53.
Leonard A. Haug, The Scenes and Seasons of a Small New England Village, Hollis, NH: Puritan Capital, 2017, ill. p. 59
Leonard Allen Haug, Gamaliel Waldo Beaman: His Life and Art, self-published, 2020, ill. p. 62.
Provenance
Dorothy E. Huffman Goldberg (1917-1997) and Robert A. Goldberg (1918-1997), North Conway, New Hampshire; given to present collection, 1987.
This record is part of an active database that includes information from historic documentation that may not have been recently reviewed. Information may be inaccurate or incomplete. We also acknowledge some language and imagery may be offensive, violent, or discriminatory. These records reflect the institution’s history or the views of artists or scholars, past and present. Our collections research is ongoing.
We welcome questions, feedback, and suggestions for improvement. Please contact us at: Hood.Collections@dartmouth.edu