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Franconia Notch, New Hampshire

1872
Not on view
Early Museum records identify this picture as “The Franconia Mountains from Campton, New Hampshire,” but Campton is miles from the site portrayed, the entrance to Franconia Notch. In the center is Mount Lafayette, flanked by Cannon Mountain and Eagle Cliff on the left and Mount Lincoln and Little Haystack on the right. The image reflects a tour of the White Mountains shared by Richards, the Reverend Elias L. Magoon (who donated this and 84 other watercolors to the Museum in 1880) and their wives in June 1872, and probably portrays the white-maned clergyman himself, absorbed in a book as he strolls the path in the foreground.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Franconia Notch, New Hampshire
  • Artist: William Trost Richards (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1833–1905 Newport, Rhode Island)
  • Date: 1872
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on light tan wove paper
  • Dimensions: 8 3/16 x 14 1/4 in. (20.8 x 36.2 cm)
  • Credit Line: Gift of The Reverend E. L. Magoon, D.D., 1880
  • Object Number: 80.1.5
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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