Mount Tom

1865

Thomas Charles Farrer

Associated Names
Thomas Charles Farrer
Artist, British, 1839 - 1891
The artwork depicts a landscape view of Mount Tom with the horizon positioned midway up the canvas. The mountain, covered in greenery, is reflected in the waters of a lake that stretches across the image. A figure sits on a sandy shore, fishing under the shade of trees that frame the right side of the scene. The brushstrokes are precise, capturing the details of the foliage and the texture of the water. The color palette consists of greens and browns for the landscape, contrasted with the blues and whites of the sky.

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On View
West Building, Main Floor, Gallery M65

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    John Wilmerding Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 40.6 x 61.6 cm (16 x 24 1/4 in.)
    framed: 64.14 × 83.5 × 8.89 cm (25 1/4 × 32 7/8 × 3 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2025.89.5

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

William C. Gilman, by 1867. Henry J. Messinger.[1] (sale, Christie's, New York, 24 November 1979, no. 37); (Berry-Hill Galleries, New York); acquired 1979 by Judith and Wilbur Ross Jr., New York); (Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York); sold May 2002 to John Wilmerding, New York [1938-2024]; bequest 2025 to NGA.

[1] A label on the reverse reads "MT TOM / painted by Thomas C. Farrer / bought by Henry W. Messinger." Judging from the label's apparent age, it probably refers to an owner who would have had the painting some time after Gilman but well before the auction in 1979.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1865

  • Exhibited at the study of Dr. Eddy, third floor of S.C. Parson's block on Shop Row, Northampton Massachussets, 1865.

1867

  • Exhibition, The Brooklyn Art Association, March 1867, no. 1.

1980

  • A Mirror of Creation: 150 Years of American Nature Painting, The Vatican Museum, Vatican City, 1980, no. 21, repro.

1981

  • Arcadian Vales: View of the Connecticut River Valley, 1981, no. 12, repro.

1985

  • The New Path: Ruskin and the American Pre-Raphaelites, The Brooklyn Museum, New York, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1985, no.11, pl. 2.

2004

  • American Masters from Bingham to Eakins. The John Wilmerding Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004-2005, no. 10, repro.

2019

  • The American Pre-Raphaelites: Radical Realists, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019, no. 14, repro.

Bibliography

1999

  • Barringer, Tim. Reading th Pre-Raphaelites. New Haven, 1999: 78, fig. 54.

2001

  • Wiles, Stephanie. "Between England and America: The Art of Thomas Charles Farrer and Henry Farrer." Ph.D Dissertation, The City University of New York, 2001: 430, no. T51.

2004

  • "The John Wilmerding Collection: 'A Cause for Celebration.'" Antiques and the Arts Weekly(November 2004): 67.

Inscriptions

lower right in monogram: TCF

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