Early History

It was early in the nineteenth century that artists first began to travel to the White Mountains of New Hampshire... Read more
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Lake and Mountains

1820s
Oil on panel
38.42 x 58.42 cm (15 1/8 x 23 in.)

Museum of Fine Arts

Boston, MA

Doughty, Thomas GA
Landscape, Composition, St. John in the Wilderness

1827
oil on canvas
36 x 28 15/16 in. (91.4 x 73.5 cm).

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

Hartford, CT

Cole, Thomasnotes
Description: The tiny figure of St. John stands next to a wooden cross atop a rock formation that extends out over the valley like an altar in a church. Seen from the side, the rock formation appears to have the profile of a face. Below St. John are figures of a man leading a horse with a woman riding it, evoking the Holy Family. On the right, across...
GA
The Seat of Mr. Featherstonhaugh in the Distance

1826
oil on canvas.
33 x 48 in.

Anonymous Collection

New York, NY

Cole, Thomas GA
View in the White Mountains

1827.
oil on canvas.
25 3/8 x 35 3/16 in. (64.5 x 89.4 cm).

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

Hartford, CT

Cole, Thomas GA
View of Springfield on the Connecticut River

1819
Oil on canvas
31 5/8 x 43 11/16 in. (80.4 x 111 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

Fisher, Alvannotes
Alvan Fisher’s bucolic view of Springfield, Massachusetts, from across the Connecticut River typifies the kind of landscapes that were popular in the period. It describes a specific locale—note the steepled First Church on the far bank—using the well-known artistic vocabulary of the “Claudian” landscape. This compositional format, based on...
GA
View on Lake Winnipiseogee (N. W. Bay, Lake Winnepesaukee)

1828
Oil on wood
19 3/4 x 26 1/4 in. (50.2 x 66.4 cm).

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

Hartford, CT

Cole, Thomasnotes
Description: View of Lake Winnipesaukee looking south from Meredith, New Hampshire. The lake is surrounded by autumn foliage, with mountains and a rising sun in the hazy background. In the foreground is a bit of shore with fallen trees, and a Native American male figure looking out across the lake.
GA
Winter Landscape

1830
oil on canvas
34.29 x 49.53 cm (13 1/2 x 19 1/2 in.)

Museum of Fine Arts

Boston, MA

Doughty, Thomas GA
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