Currently not on view
The Old Man of the Mountain, New Hampshire,
1851
John Frederick Kensett, 1816–1872; Cheshire, CT; died New York, NY
x1992-251
Information
Title
The Old Man of the Mountain, New Hampshire
Dates
1851
Maker
Medium
Graphite heightened with white gouache
Dimensions
26.9 x 36.9 cm. (10 9/16 x 14 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, gift of Leonard L. Milberg, Class of 1953, in honor of David J. Milberg, Class of 1985
Object Number
x1992-251
Place Depicted
United States, New Hampshire
Inscription
in graphite, lower right: Old Man of the Mountain | Franconia Notch July 30th. 1851
in graphite, upper right: 11
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- "Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1992," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 52, no. 1 (1993): p. 36-83., p. 54
- John Wilmerding et al., American Art in the Princeton University Art Museum: volume 1: drawings and watercolors, (Princeton: Princeton University Art Museum; New Haven, CT; London: Yale University Press, 2004), p. 87, fig. 1; pp. 301–302, checklist no. 140; p. 302 (left half of verso, rotated illus.)
