Champlain

Print

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Vermont Historical Society

print

Name/Title

Champlain

Entry/Object ID

2009.2.6

Description

"Samuel de Champlain explores the southern reaches of the Lake with his Algonquin and Huron allies 1609" Black ink on off-white paper. Middle foreground is a canoe with three men, the one in fron represents Champlain with two men rowing behind him. Two additional canoes in image, one to seft with two Huron's in it and one in back with two Huron's in it. Rolling hills/mountains in background. Flock of birds in left sky area. Compass points in right sky area. Superimposed at the far right over scene is a cartargaphers view of "Lac Champlain" At the lower right is a small (1.63" dia) bust of Champlain. Text as written above is below the artwork. In pencil between art and text is "Champlain 6/40 M. Simpson"

Artwork Details

Subject

Champlain's exploration of Vermont

Subject Person

Champlain, Samuel de (1580-1635)

Context

Currently residing in Lyndonville, Mary Gorham Simpson was born in northern Vermont and raised on a working dairy farm in Burke. After graduating from Lyndon State College, she and her husband, Wilder Simpson, taught school in the area for several years, then moved west. They lived for seven years in Wyoming and 14 years in Alaska, returning to Vermont in 1992. While raising her three children, Simpson took art classes and worked on her own in various media - drawing, calligraphy, and painting. In Alaska, she worked as a graphic artist for the Imaginarium Science Center in Anchorage and as a scenic artist for the Alaska Festival Theater and Anchorage Civic Opera. She did scrimshaw for two shops and exhibit calligraphy for three years for the Anchorage Museum of History and Art. Now back in Vermont, she mostly works as a printmaker with subjects reflecting memories of Vermont agriculture.

Acquisition

Accession

2009.2

Source or Donor

Paige, H. Brooke

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Simpson, Mary Gorham (b.1945)

Date made

2009

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Print

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

16 in

Width

12-7/8 in