Paintings
An October Day in the White Mountains
PaintingLandscape
Details
- Author / creator
- John Frederick Kensett (American, 1816–1872)
- Object type
- Painting
- Date or period
- 1854
- Dimensions summary
- Framed: 107.6 × 152.1 × 12.7 cm; Unframed: 79.8 × 123.5 cm
- Support
- Canvas
- Paint medium
- Oil
- Place of origin
- United States
- Acquisition method
- Donation
- Credit line
- Gift of Miss Dorothy Cardew, 1967
- Image rights
- Public domain (CC0)
About this object
After railroad service to the area was improved in the early 1850s, the White Mountains in New Hampshire became a favored destination for tourists and artists seeking to commune with nature. New York-based Kensett painted several views, including this distant rendering across the Saco River of Mount Chocorua, one of the most distinctive peaks in the region.
Materials and technique
Oil on canvas
Signature and marks
Signed lower right: "JF.K. 54 [JF in monogram]"
