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The Belated Party on Mansfield Mountain

1858
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 760
Thompson, who traveled widely in New England during the 1850s, earned a reputation for paintings that combine panoramic landscapes with narrative detail. This work is one of several in which he used Mount Mansfield, Vermont’s highest peak, as a setting for a social gathering. Half the day-trippers admire the summit and the vista toward Lake Champlain, while a seated young man holds his watch aloft, warning of the lateness of the hour and the need to descend. The three figures watching the sunset pointedly ignore him, enraptured by the beauty of nature.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Belated Party on Mansfield Mountain
  • Artist: Jerome B. Thompson (1814–1886)
  • Date: 1858
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 38 x 63 1/8 in. (96.5 x 160.3 cm)
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1969
  • Object Number: 69.182
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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