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Jackson Historical Society

23 Black Mountain Road
Jackson, New Hampshire 03846





. . .keeping the past alive

White Mountain Art and Memorabilia Sale

Paintings for the 22nd annual White Mountain Art Sale are available for purchase as they arrive, so check the online catalog frequently. If you would like to consign a 19th century painting to the sale, contact Leslie Schomaker. The consignor sets the price of their item and the Historical Society adds a small premium. There is no cost to consign. If the painting or item does not sell, the consignor takes it back. To make an appointment to view a painting contact Leslie Schomaker. The Society accepts cash or checks but not credit cards.

 
19 th Century Artists
George Loring Brown, Attrib (1814 - 1889)
Mount Chocorua
Oil on canvas; 10.5 " x 17.5"
In pencil on back it says Mt Lafayette.
$3,750
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Benjamin Crackbone Champney (1817 - 1907)
Eagle Cliff in Franconia Notch
Oil on canvas; 10 " x 44"
In pencil on back it says Mt Lafayette.
$3,000
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Delbert Dana Coombs (1850 - 1938)
Conway NH
Oil on canvas; 9.5 " x 17.5"
Signed "D.D. Coombs" 1927 lower right.
$975
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D.A. Fisher (1867 - 1940)
Mount Monadnock from Jeffery NH
Oil on canvas; 9 " x 12"
Signed and dated lower left "D.A. Fisher 1911".
$725
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Samuel Lancaster Gerry (1813 - 1891)
Mt Kearsarge from North Conway
Oil on canvas; 14 " x 18"
Signed lower right GERRY 1853.
$7,500
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Cattle on Artist Brook
Oil on canvas; 17 " x 25"
Signed lower right "S.L. Gerry."
$4,250
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Ossipee Mountains from Lake Winnipesaukee, Center Harbor
Oil on canvas; 18" x 24"
Verso label in artist's hand "…/Ossipee Mountains / in distance / Marach 1856 / S.L. Gerry. Exhibited at NH Historical Society 2022 exhibit The Life and Art of Samuel L. Gerry.
$18,000
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Edward Hill (1843 - 1923)
Ducks in a Pond
Oil on canvas; 11.5 " x 17.5"
Signed and dated '85 lower rigtht. Pastoral scene with chickens, water running from spring into a barrel. Some paint flaked off.
$7,500
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Cannon Mountain from Franconia, NH
Oil on canvas; 5 " x 7"
Signed lower left. The painting was recently cleaned.
$1,500
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Philip Henry Holmes (1845 - 1915)
Mt Madison and Androscoggin River from Shelburne NH
Oil on canvas; 5.5 " x 9.5"
Signed"Edward Hill" lower right.
$5,400
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Charles W. Knapp (1823 - 1900)
Watering Hole
Oil on canvas; 20 " x 36"
Signed "C.W. Knapp" lower right. Cleaned and revarnished.
$4,950
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Edmund Darch Lewis (1815 - 1910)
Haying Scene with Moat Mountain from North Conway
Oil on canvas; 14 " x 20"
Signed lower left "Edm. D. Lewis / 1858". Titled by artist on stretcher "Vew at North Conway N H". Exhibited New Bedford, MA "New Bedford Art Exhibition July 1, 1858 through August 7, 1858.
$8,500
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George E. Niles (1837 - 1898)
North Moat from Jackson
Oil on board; 4.5 " x 6.5"
Purchased from the Niles estate.
$2,000
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Mount Washington from Jackson
Oil on board; 6 " x 9"
Purchased from the Niles estate.
$2,400
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Thomas Addison Richards, Attrib (1920 - 1900)

Into the White Mountains
Name on frame. Provenance: Doyle, New York. Circular painting in a square frame.

$6,950
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Frank Shapleigh (1842 - 1906)
Old Well Sweep at Jackson New Hampshire
Oil on canvas; 10 " x 16"
Labeled on back "Old Wellsweep at Jackson New Hampshire by F.H. Shapleigh." Signed and dated lower right F.H. Shapleigh 1883.
$5,000.00
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Well Sweep in Jackson - SOLD
Oil on canvas; 9.5 " x 15.5"
Signed lower left and labeled "Well Sweep in Jackson" and signed on verso. Shows Carter Notch.
$8,000.00
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Old Farmhouse in Jackson
Oil on canvas; 9.5 " x 15.5"
Signed lower right and dated 1882. On verso titled "Old Farm in Jackson NH" and signed "F.H. Shapleigh".
$5,000.00
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Bridge in Jackson - SOLD
Oil on canvas; 9.5 " x 15.5"
Labled on verso "Bridge in Jackson" and signed "F.H. Shapleigh". This is the bridge that ran between the Town Hall and the Wentworth Hotel.
$5,000.00
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Old House on Black Mountain Road
Oil on canvas; 9.5 " x 15.5"
Signed lower right F.H. Shapleigh and dated 1891. Labled "Old House on Black Mountain Road" on verso. The Plaisted house was just north of Valley Cross Road.
$7,500.00
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Old Barn in Bartlett - SOLD
Oil on canvas; 9.5 " x 15.5"
Included in the 2013 exhibition Shapleigh From the Inside Out at the Jackson Historical Society, page 30 and dated 1884 in the catalog.
$5,000.00
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Unsigned
Mounts Washington and Madison from Near Gorham/Shelburn NH
Oil on board; 12 " x 16"
The painting was recently cleaned and stabilized and is in a nice frame. The painting is unsigned, but the artist is clearly well trained.
$950
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Mount Chocorua
Oil on board; 17 "x 24"
Found in a summer cottage in Tamworth, NH.

$600
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Landscape with Sailboat on Lake  
Oil on canvas; 4.5" x 7.5"
$450
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The Flume, Lincoln, NH
Oil on canvas; 17" x 12"
$550
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Carter Notch
Oil on board; 6 " x 9"
From the collection of Richard Hamilton.
$550
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Cascade in the White Mountains
Oil on a curved wooden board; 20 " x 14"
Written lower right "Cascade in the White Mtns".
$450
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Maps
Franklin Leavitt 1888 Pictorial Map of the White Mountains
Engraving on paper; 20 " x 21"
Restored with original Leavitt paper, de-acidified, museum mounted and suitably framed.
$1,300
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1882 Plat Map of Jackson and Freedom, NH
17.5" x 14"
Depicts landowners' names, lot lines, and landmarks in original hand tinted colors. The reverse side featues Conway, adding to its uniquness and historical significance.
$300
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Scott map of the White Mountains
23" x 33"
Designed, drawn, and published by Alva Scott Garfield. A wonderfully decorative pictorial map with a wealth of imagery including profiles of the region's mountain peaks, landmarks, and vignettes of historical events. Research dates map to 1949. Needs frame.
$475
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Map of the State of New Hampshire
34" x 23"
Elizabeth Shurtleff and Helen McMillan 1926 pictorial map of NH filled with humorous and historical drawings and references. Very colorful. Needs frame.
$475
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Brick House Studio Map of New Hampshire - SOLD
26" x 21"
Colorful, pictorial map with many pictures of places and historical events. Appears to be 1940's.
$550
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Map of the White Mountains
26" x 32"
Claude Brusseau (1940 - 2000) mid -century map of the White Mountains created for the White Mountains Recreation Assn. Mountains are shown with three-dimensional clarity. Shades of blue.
$450
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1892 Hurd Atlas Map of New Hampshire
28" x 16"
Drawn expressly for the Town Atlas of the State of New Hampshire from the 1892 bound atlas which was compiled from government surveys, county records, and personal investigations.
$250
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Prints
North Conway Meadows
15" x 23"
Early print of Champney's "North Conway Meadows", which was made into a chromolithograph by Prang. Signed on print B. Champney, 1870 .
$450
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North Conway Meadows
15" x 23"
Chromolithograph of Champney's "North Conway Meadows".Stamped on back "Published by L Prang & Col, Boston, MAss. Slight tear.
$500
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Mount Washington from the Conway Road
9 " x 6.5"
Colored print with Mt Washington and a packed stagecoach on the Conway Road (Rt 16). From William Cullen Bryant's classic 1872 work "Picturesque America."
$300
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The Notch of the White Mountains from MT Crawford
5 " x 7.5"
From Oakes' White Mountain Scenery plate 14, from a painting by G.N. Frankenstein. 1948.
$250
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The Willey House - SOLD
5 " x 7.5"
Artist - W.H. Bartlett; engraver - E. Benjamin. Published in London for the Proprietors by Geo. Virtue, 25 Ivy Lane. 1838.
$250
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The Willey House - SOLD
5 " x 7"
From a late 1800s collection of New Hampshire Images
$150
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View of Mt Washington from Hall's Ledge
5 " x 7.5"
Elisee Reclus 1892 print from a wood engraving. Hand colored
$195
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The Summit of Mt Washington, Winslow Homer
9 " x 13.5"
Print of Winslow Homer's wood engraving of 1860 published in Harper's Weekly, New York.
$275
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Echo Lake, Franconia, NH
9" x 16"
Painted by B. G. Stone, lithograph by S.H. Bufford, BOston
$450
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The Silver Cascade
5 " x 7"
From 1839 steel engraving by F.J. Havell. Hand colored
$195
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Contemporary Artists
David Baker (1915 - 1999)
Mountains in Winter - SOLD
watercolor; 11 1/2 " x 15 1/2"
Signed upper left David Baker '87.'
$500
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Susan Chase
Winter Scene with Skier - SOLD
watercolor; 18" x 28"
A lovely winter scene with Mt Washington, pine,birch trees and skier, Jackson. Signed lower left.
$600
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William Robert Davis (b.1952)
Saco River Near Fryeburg, ME
oil on board; 11" x 13"
Davis has a national reputation as a maritime and landscape painter in a realistic style.
$2,400
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Harry Day (1912 - 2001)
Jackson
Oil on panel; 21" x 47"
Contemporary rendering.
$950
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Veikko Hurme (1945 - 1993)
Doublehead Looking Over Mountain Pond - SOLD
Acrylic on board;13 1/2" x 17 1/2"
Signed Viekko Hurme 1983 on back
$600
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Lake Scene
Acrylic on board;17" x 24"
Signed lower right VH 74-81, VA Hurme. Lake with dramatic clouds, rocks, pines and canoe.
$575
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Erik Koeppel (b. 1980)
View Over Jackson, NH
Oil on panel; 16 " x 24"
A studio painting made from a drawing from Carter Notch Road by Jackson Falls. Some pines were shortened to open the view of the mountains and some removed to increase the visibility of the town. Mountains are (left to right) South Moat, North Moat, Attitash, Bartlett Haystack, and Ducks Head. 2012. From an estate.
$5,000
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Mabel Mann (1894 - 1989)
Red Bridge Jackson NH - SOLD
Oil on board; 8" x 10"
Labeled on real upper left "Mabel Mann Bloomfield Conn. Red Bridge Jackson N.H. Mann was a music teacher in Bloomfield 1921 - 1943."
$350
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Myke Morton (1941 - 2008)
Mount Washington in Winter- SOLD
Oil on panel; 30" x 60"
Winter scene with ski tracks. Signed lower right and dated 1986.
$4,000
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Pink and White Peonies
Watercolor; 14.1" x 22"
Signed Myke Morton C/A and dated 1995 lower left. CA indicates member (approximately 350 artists nationwide at the time) of the Copley Society. Unique frame with gold-banded rose windows making a tryptich. Morton's official stamp on back.
$900
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One Pink Rose
Watercolor; 5" x 7"
Signed Myke Morton and dated 1990 lower left and Morton biography label on back.
$250
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Azure Frost
Watercolor; 21" x 8"
Signed Myke Morton and dated 1998 lower leftand and Morton biography label on back.
$250
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Winter Scene
Watercolor; 5" x 7"
Signed Myke Morton and dated 1990 lower left and Morton biography labelp on back.
$250
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