Wadsworth 3 Cole Mount Chocorua


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 signed and dated Cole paintings from ths 1827 trip and some letters between cole and wadsworth (some related to those paintings) 

for all their impeccible research Campbell NH Scenery only lists one work of art for Daniel Wadsworth listed below Coroway Peak, June 1826 (how could that be if he went after the willey slide?) 





need to find out the source for this print 
campbell, nh scenery 

p. 169

COROWAY [sic] PEAK FROM THE WINIPICIOGEE [sic] LAKE, N. HAMPSHIRE.
June, 1826. Lithograph. 
New Hampshire Historical Society; 
Drawn on stone by William Browne. 

included short bio
WADSWORTH, DANIEL G&W Born New Haven, CT , 1771. Died Hartford, Ct . , July 28, 1848. 

Wadsworth was an amateur artist an art collector, a close friend and patron of Thomas Cole, and a founder of the Wadsworth Athenaeum. 

He was the brother-in-law of Benjamin Silliman, editor of the American Journal of Science and the Arts who published some of Wadsworth' s drawings. 

He painted in watercolors and may have done lithography. 

Bibliography: *Perry, Elwood C. , III, "Recent Discoveries in the Art of Thomas Cole," Antiques (Nov. 1981), p. 1162.

see this book parry https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Art_of_Thomas_Cole/n6ifAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=benjamin+silliman+coroway+daniel+wadsworth&dq=benjamin+silliman+coroway+daniel+wadsworth&printsec=frontcover

good search here gsearch 
https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=ae95a0e0aab0d175&sca_upv=1&q=%22Coroway+Peak%22&nfpr=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj-7vmlrs2HAxVnF1kFHd7mGKYQvgUoAXoECAQQAg&biw=1280&bih=593&dpr=1.5

The Wadsworth Athenaeum, founded by Wadsworth, in x year 

The Wadsworth Athenaeum actually has a treasure trove of sketches he made many are on small index card size including the original sketch from which the print above was based on. 
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here is the original Wadsworth sketch 
make sure ok with athenaeum to use this sketch 
redo this with the page # showing? like I did in the avalanche sketch? 
source: p. 1 
Wadsworth small sketches_list.pdf
in folder https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1D_GJ9jSgC-n2S0n9q6JM-0JeRdnTXo7w

Daniel Wadsworth, Coroway Peak (Mt. Chocorua) from the
Winipiciogee (sic) Lake, New Hampshire, June 1826
WATERCOLOR ON PAPER, 3-1/8" h x 4-5/8" w, The William Arnold Healy Fund, 1931.36
source: sketchbook here. courtesy Wadsworth Athenaeum. 


compare this wadsworth with the cole 1827 in the athenaeum
include anything said in 1827 letters to/from cole wadsworth
x

 
tie to chocorua coin and the clio, 5 guys 
emphasize point about paper maps to digital maps, theclio, footsteps series 
links to that index 

see blog 
Cole and Chocorua 193 years ago today
https://mwvhistory.blogspot.com/2021/10/cole-and-chocorua-193-years-ago-today.html






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