Lake George
Artist
William Hart
American, 1823 - 1894
Date1869
MediumOil on canvas, re-lined
DimensionsStretcher: 11 × 18 3/4 in. (27.9 × 47.6 cm)
Frame Dimensions: 17 3/4 x 25 3/4 in. (45.1 x 65.4 cm)
Frame Dimensions: 17 3/4 x 25 3/4 in. (45.1 x 65.4 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Joseph Jeffers Dodge
Object number1996.10.22
On View
On viewCollections
- American Paintings & Sculpture
InscribedInscription noted in lower left corner during LG exhibition, 2005: "Wm. Hart, Lake George, Sep' 28, 69" Note: The 9 in "69" could be an 8. Kennedy Galleries label on stretcher bar.
DescriptionView across grassy field and trees of Lake George with two islands and distant mountains.Exhibition History"Views of New York: Selections from the Permanent Collection," Charles R. Wood Gallery, January 13 - March 31, 2002, The Hyde Collection."Painting Lake George: 1774-1900," Charles R. Wood Gallery, June 5 - September 11, 2005.
"50 at 50: Five Decades of Collecting at the Hyde". Wood Gallery, Education Wing, Hyde House, The Hyde Collection. Glens Falls, January 16, 2013 -April 14, 2013Provenanceby 1965, New York, NY, Kennedy Galleries
1965, Jacksonville, FL, Joseph Jeffers Dodge
1996, Glens Falls, NY, The Hyde Collection Trust
Thomas Bailey Griffin