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Welch Mountain from West Campton, New Hampshire

In the summer of 1856, while traveling in the White Mountains with Asher B. Durand and other artists, Gay painted this small study (below, 58.156), which became the basis for the painting (above, 52.15) made in his Boston studio two years later. The broad brushstrokes and high-keyed colors of the study became more subtle in the finished composition. Gay also moved the vantage point slightly and added anecdotal details, such as dirt roads, farm animals, and buildings.

This text refers to these objects: 52.15; 58.156

Artist: Winckworth Allan Gay, American, 1821-1910
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dates: 1858
Dimensions: 20 1/16 x 29 13/16 in. (51 x 75.7 cm)
Signature: Signed lower left: "W. A. Gay. / 1858"
Collections: American Art
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 52.15
Credit Line: Museum Collection Fund
Image: Overall, 52.15.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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