Mount Chocorua

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Descriptive Terms

landscapes (representations)
paintings (visual works)
canvas
oil paint (paint)
Picture
Landscape
Landscape

Label

"Cherished Possessions": Mount Chocorua, named after a Pequawket chieftain who was supposedly killed at the mountain's top in a skirmish with a vengeful English settler, is in the southern reaches of the White Mountains in New Hampshire. Part of the Appalachian range, the White Mountains are so called because when the snow finally melts during the brief summer, the sun makes the gray rocks along the peaks gleam white. In the nineteenth century the White Mountains were one of New England's most popular tourist attractions.
"Artful Stories": Mount Chocorua is in the southern reaches of the White Mountains in New Hampshire. Part of the Appalachian range, these mountains were among New England’s most popular tourist attractions in the nineteenth century. Artists flocked to the area, drawn not only to the region’s beauty, but also to the camaraderie established by this painter, Benjamin Champney, whose summer residence and studio in North Conway attracted many like-minded men and women.

Maker

Champney, Benjamin, 1817-1907 (Artist)

Location of Origin

United States; New Hampshire, United States

Dimensions

19 1/2 x 29 1/4 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Estate of Mrs. Jane N. Grew

Accession Number

1920.461

Places

New Hampshire (United States)
Massachusetts (United States)
Possibly Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Possibly