Forest Hall

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Descriptive Terms

paintings (visual works)
landscapes (representations)
oil paint (paint)
canvas
Painting
Painting

Label

"Artful Stories": When Benjamin Champney returned to his hometown of New Ipswich, New Hampshire, in 1849 after nearly a decade training in Europe, the scenes he drew were not of the industries that thrived nearby. Rather, he depicted a peaceful agrarian landscape which he surely kept in his mind’s eye while living in Paris. Frederic Kidder and Augustus Gould used several of Champney’s drawings as illustrations in their History of New Ipswich, published in 1852. Champney also turned some of the drawings into large-scale paintings like this one showing Forest Hall, now Historic New England’s Barrett House, nestled into the hillside.

Additional Identification Number

TR2043.1

Maker

Champney, Benjamin, 1817-1907 (Artist)

Location of Origin

New Ipswitch, New Hampshire, United States

Dimensions

30 1/2 x 39 1/4 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Caroline Krause

Accession Number

2019.29.1AB