Sketch of Mount Washington, 1851

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 28.89 × 50.8 cm (11 3/8 × 20 in.)

framed: 54.29 × 75.88 cm (21 3/8 × 29 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of William Wilson Corcoran)

Accession Number

2014.136.113

Artists / Makers

John Frederick Kensett (artist) American, 1816 - 1872

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Provenance

William Wilson Corcoran [1798-1888], Washington, by 1857;[1] gift 10 May 1869 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.

[1] See Charles Lanman, Catalogue of W.W. Corcoran's Private Gallery, Washington, 1857: no. 56.

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Corcoran, William Wilson

Exhibition History

1945: Loan to display at The White House, Washington, 25 May 1945-28 April 1948.

1951: American Landscape Paintings from Kensett to the Present, Howard University, Washington, 1951.

1978: The American Landscape Tradition, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1978, unpublished checklist.

1981: The White Mountains: Place and Preceptions, University Art Galleries, University of New Hampshire, Durham; New-York Historical Society; Dartmouth College Museum and Galleries, Hanover, 1980-1981.

Bibliography

1857: Lanman, Charles. Catalogue of W.W. Corcoran's Gallery. Washington, 1857: 14, no. 56.

2011: Cash, Sarah, ed. Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945. Washington, 2011: 20, 305, repro.