Haymaking in the Green Mountains

Painting

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Museum of the White Mountains

Name/Title

Haymaking in the Green Mountains

Entry/Object ID

TC2010.0001.0006

Description

Landscape beholding a large hayfield in the process stacking and baling. Children and their dog play and lounge about while the adults and their pack animal tend to the hay. Dense tree cover on the right side blocks the full view of the mountains in the background.

Artwork Details

Medium

Canvas, Oil

Collection

Dan Noel Collection

Acquisition

Accession

TC2010.0001

Source or Donor

Dan Noel

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Benjamin Champney

Role

Artist

Date made

1871

Time Period

19th Century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Location

New England

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

State/Province

Vermont

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature

Location

Front bottom left

Transcription

B Champney 1871

Language

English

Material/Technique

Painted

Type

Manufacturer's Mark

Location

Back center

Transcription

Published by L. Prang & Co Boston, Mass

Language

English

Material/Technique

Ink

Type

Label

Location

Frame: Back bottom left.

Transcription

Haymaking in the Green Mountains Ar Benj Champney Ori Chrom

Language

English

Material/Technique

Label

Notes

Heavily worn down, especially towards the bottom of the label.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Artwork

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Hay stacks, Fields (Agriculture), Trees, Farmers, Children, Dogs, Pack animals, Mountains

Accessories

Accessory

Frame

Notes

Frame: wood, four-sided, visible joints