The Snow Line, Mount Washington, New Hampshire

Artist Samuel Lancaster Gerry American, 1813–1891

Date1855

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions26 x 36 in. (66 x 91.4 cm)
Frame: 37 1/2 x 47 1/2 in. (95.3 x 120.7 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina

Object number52.9.14

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Provenance**Created United States, 1855; collection of the artist. [John Levy Galleries, New York]; sold to NCMA, 1952.Published ReferencesW. R. Valentiner, Catalogue of Paintings: Including Three Sets of Tapestries (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1956), no. 16, illus. (b-w).

American Paintings to 1900: Catalogue of Paintings, Vol. 1, 2nd ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1966), no. 24, illus. (b-w).

Nina Kasanof, "American Landscapes of the 19th Century in the North Carolina Museum of Art," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 8 (June 1969), discussed 6, illus. (b-w) fig. 5.

American Paintings from the Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art (brochure) (Charlotte: Mint Museum of Art, 1975), no. 16.

Exhibition HistoryCharlotte, NC, Mint Museum of Art, "American Paintings from the Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art," September 7-October 19, 1975, no. 16.

North Wilkesboro, NC, Wilkes Art Gallery, "American Landscapes from the North Carolina Museum of Art," March 18-April 5, 1988.

Fayetteville, NC, Fayetteville Museum of Art, "Bicentennial/Bicentennial: American Paintings and Audubon Prints from the North Carolina Museum of Art," October 29-December 3, 1989.

Asheville, NC, Asheville Art Museum, "Nineteenth and Twentieth Century American Painting from the North Carolina Museum of Art," March 5-April 28, 1991.

Lexington, NC, Davidson County Art Guild, "(American Paintings from the Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art)," April 1992.

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