Mount Washington in the Clouds

Name/Title

Mount Washington in the Clouds

Entry/Object ID

MWM2023.0002.0001

Description

Oil on canvas painting titled "Mount Washington in the Clouds" formerly called "Autumnal Landscape" is painted at an unknown date by Mary Cable Butler. Snowy view of the summit of Mount Washington and lowlands in the foreground at autumn. Encased in a simple gray wood frame. The artist, Mary Cable Butler was born in 1865 in Chester, Colorado. She traveled extensivley in Europe, the western United States, Maine and New Hampshire. Mary graduated from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Arts in 1902, and became known for seascapes and mountain landscape paintings. She earned the Gold Medal of Plastic Club in 1918 and the Mary Smith Prize from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Arts in 1925. Her art is widely exhibited in public and private collections.

Collection

Douglas A. Nelson and Karin Cullity Nelson

Acquisition

Accession

MWM2023.002

Source or Donor

Douglas A. & Karin Nelson

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Mary Cable Butler

Date made

1865 - 1946

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

Signed Name: Unsigned

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Painting

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Frame Size: 33x25" Image Size: 32x24"