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in previous blogs we ...  Another print based on a Wadsworth sketch can also be linked to this same area.  This print is credited to Wadsworth and can be found in Theodore Dwight's, Sketches of Scenery and Manners in the United States , 1829 f acing P. 68 (follow this link here ). one person on top rock on the right labeled Avalanches in the White Mountains “Sketched by D. Wadsworth Esqr”  Shows one person with hiking staff on top of a rock on the right  Title: Avalanches in the White Mountains Date:  1830 Artist:  Daniel Wadsworth Lithographer:   Publisher:  Source: The Garland Collection of:  Bryant Tolles Might check with him on this about this source, The Garland, I don’t know anything about that see what McGrath says Avalanches in the White Mountains,  McGrath  Pp. 80 referring to this image Wadsworth, "probably executed the earliest known panoramic view from a White Mountain summit." but it is not from a summit compa...

a This sketch for example, illustrates some of the technical problems Wadsworth had in capturing a vista x x Wadsworth View of Sandwich and Ossipee Mountains, and islands in the Winneopeseogie, c.. 1826 Watercolor on paper Wadsworth Athenaeum 2010.19.4 Dimensions 4 1/4 x 9 5/16 in. (10.8 x 23.7 cm), height x width x x while Wadsworth lacked the skill, talent,  Fortunately, he had the passion, interest, imagination, knowledge and money ...  Inscription shows keen observation skills  Verso, across center, in black(?) ink: A. Genera / View of the Sandwich, and & Ossipee. Mountains_ & the Islands in the Winnepiseoge(sp?) / taken by Daniel Wadsworth from Barn Door Island 8 miles down the lake from [illegible] / the colouring (what there is) put on out doors on the spot for as an experiment (so) / that colour might be true to nature as the scene then appeared_. / Lookin (sic) North West. barn door island one of the places Wadsworth recommended Cole go insert google sate...

In recent blog here we examined a map and itinerary for a trip and  We followed in the footsteps of travelers before Thomas Cole's first trip to the White Mountains in 1827 with a focus on Wadsworth's work in Crawford Notch  Now we will look at Wadsworth, Cole and others  Mount Chocorua.  or do the whole trip Wadsworth in Peterboro, Concord, Meredith, etc.  look at the role of prints during the period  wadsworth prints cole prints  in the museum field there is a hierarchy of art prints fall lower than sketches, which in turn are lower than watercolor above that oil studies, at the top are framed oil paintings.  Over the years, one of my mentors and a role model, Warren Schomaker Jackson Historical Society included map and sketches, etc. in his exhibits.  Besides that letter, there is not a lot of evidence, details (log to see noble etc. books on cole)  nothing on the 1827 trip in Noble, he does cover the 1828 trip we do have a few ...

In 1827, Daniel Wadsworth sent a map and suggested itinerary for a trip to the White Mountains to Thomas Cole that was scheduled to begin 197 years ago today.  Today, that letter is in the Thomas Cole papers at the New York State Library in Albany (Box 3, Folder 7). See the link here .   The letter is written on one piece of paper and folded as was the custom of the time to serve as its own envelope.   Wadsworth sketched a rough map on the back of the letter (click on the images to enlarge them).  The map is outlined in the yellow box below.  Here is a detail of the letter and map with a transcription (click on images to enlarge them).  In a recent blog  here  we followed in the footsteps of Thomas Cole's final trip to the White Mountains in 1839. Thomas Cole is a world famous artist and considered the founder of the Hudson River School of Art. In this blog we will learn more about how he first got to New Hampshire and a little about his...

185 years ago today, Thomas Cole and Asher B. Durand sketched in Crawford Notch. Cole's sketch was later used as the basis for one of his most famous paintings.  The Cole sketch is now in the collection of the Princeton University Art Museum. FMI see this link here .  The Durand sketch is now in the collection of the New York Historical Society. FMI see this link here .  The sketches are very similar and seem taken from around the same vantage point.  FMI contact the Conway Public Library's Henney History Room