Landscape with Ferryboat on Lake Winnipesaukee

Wellman Morrison, American, 1815 - 1857

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1849

Oil on canvas

Overall: 22 1/4 × 27 3/8 in. (56.5 × 69.5 cm)

Frame: 29 × 36 in. (73.7 × 91.4 cm)

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

P.959.49

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

19th century

Object Name

Painting

Research Area

Painting

Not on view

Inscriptions

Signed and dated, lower right: W. Morrison 1848

Exhibition History

Mirrors of the Soul, Reflections on the Lakes Region, Belknap Mill Society, Laconia, New Hampshire, May 5-June 30, 1988.

The New England Image: 19th Century Landscapes from the College Collection, Carpenter Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 14-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. 50-51, no. 20.

Provenance

Raymond G. Clifton (1895-1968), Pine Cupboard Antique Shop, Franklin, New Hampshire; sold to present collection, 1959.

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