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Mount Mansfield, Vermont, 1873
Richard William Hubbard (1816 - 1888)
Oil on canvas
19⅛ x 14⅛ inches
Initialed lower left: RWH; on verso: MT: MANSFIELD, VT. / Richard W. Hubbard. N.A. / 1873
19⅛ x 14⅛ inches
Initialed lower left: RWH; on verso: MT: MANSFIELD, VT. / Richard W. Hubbard. N.A. / 1873
Provenance
Private collection, New Hampshire
Estate of above, New Hampshire
Sale, Brandywine Valley Auctions, Landenberg, Pennsylvania, December 4, 2022, lot 45, from above
Note: Mount Mansfield is a group of peaks in Vermont’s Green Mountains, which are said to resemble a man’s face. Richard William Hubbard visited the area in the summer of 1858 on a sketching trip with his friend and fellow Hudson River School painter Sanford Robinson Gifford. Soon after, Mount Mansfield became a popular tourist attraction appreciated for its spectacular views.
On the stretcher bar: Ordered from the artist by Robert J. Hubbard, / in 1873. Notable American artist from 1856 1886.