The Summit of Mount Washington
Winslow Homer
American Art
Spreading across northern New Hampshire and into Maine is the most mountainous region in New England, named the White Mountains for the blanket of snow that covers the area during most of the year. By the 1860s, the White Mountains were as popular a summer destination as the Catskills. Homer first traveled to the region in 1868, finding subjects for magazine illustrations as well as oil paintings. This vivid image records the last stages of the ascent at a height indicated by the cloud banks wafting by. The party in the foreground ascends on horseback, while more hardy hikers make their way on foot to the distant lodge glimpsed in the upper left.
MEDIUM
Wood engraving
DATES
1869
DIMENSIONS
Illustration: 9 x 13 3/4 in. (22.9 x 34.9 cm)
ACCESSION NUMBER
1998.160.14
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Harvey Isbitts
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
from Harper's Weekly, p. 441, vol. 13, July 10, 1969
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
RECORD COMPLETENESS
Not every record you will find here is complete. More information is available for some works than for others, and some entries have been updated more recently. Records are frequently reviewed and revised, and
we welcome any additional information you might have.
