The Old Man of the Mountains
Frank Henry Shapleigh, American, 1842 - 1906
1882
Oil on canvas
Overall: 15 15/16 × 10 1/16 in. (40.5 × 25.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Robert A. and Dorothy H. Goldberg
P.987.34.56
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and dated, lower left: F. H. Shapleigh 1882; inscribed on reverse: The Old Man of the Mountains/ by/ F. H. Shapleigh. (Frost and Adams frame label on reverse stretcher) Crane Collection and Plymouth State college exhibition labels on reverse.
Exhibition History
White Mountains: Conway, New Hampshire, Town of Conway, New Hampshire, November 24, 1992-March 31, 1993.
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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