Name/Title
Lowell LakeEntry/Object ID
VHS-A-43Description
Landscape--small lake, large peninsula, and small island viewed from hill in foreground. Trees surround lake in front at base of hill, meadow behind lake dotted with 5 farms, mountains in background, 2 boats on lake.Artwork Details
Medium
OilSubject Place
Lake
Lowell LakeTown
LondonderryCounty
Windham CountyState/Province
VermontCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaContext
This late 19th-century view, looking south from what is now Little Pond Road, of Lowell Lake in Londonderry, Vermont depicts the relatively treeless landscape of Vermont at the time. This area today is almost completely forested with large tracts of land conserved as a state park or part of the Green Mountain National Forest. The island, prominent in the center of the work, is known as Annie's Island.
Lowell Lake, orginally known as Derry Pond, was formed by the town of Londonderry as a reservoir. The dam at the south end of the lake has been replaced a number of times over the past century.
The south shore of lake, hosted a summer resort in the late 19th and early 20th century. Boaters on the lake may be visitors to this resort. In 1940, the resort was converted into a summer camp, which served, first just children, and then later families and operated until 1979. The old resort and camp infrastructure is now part of Lowell Lake State Park.Acquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
Underwood, WynnLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
PaintingNomenclature Class
ArtNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsDimensions
Height
16 inWidth
24 inDepth
1 in