Sunset at the White Mountains
William Wellstood, American, 1819 - 1900
after Sanford Robinson Gifford, American, 1823 - 1880
not dated
Hand colored engraving on wove paper
Plate: 3 15/16 × 6 3/4 in. (10 × 17.1 cm)
Sheet: 6 7/16 × 9 15/16 in. (16.3 × 25.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Robert A. and Dorothy H. Goldberg
PR.987.9.13
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Printed, lower left [along oval edge of plate design]: PAINTED BY S. R. GIFFORD; printed, lower right [along oval edge of plate design]: ENGRAVED BY W. WELLSTOOD; printed, lower center: SUNSET AT THE WHITE MOUNTAINS; printed, lower center margin: ENGRAVED FOR THE LADIES' REPOSITORY FROM THE ORIGINAL PAINTING IN THE POSSESSION OF W. HATFIELD ESQ
Provenance
Dorothy E. Huffman Goldberg (1917-1997) and Robert A. Goldberg (1918-1997), North Conway, New Hampshire; given to present collection, 1987.
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