Jackson Historical Society
23 Black Mountain Road
Jackson, New Hampshire 03846
. . .keeping the past alive
23 Black Mountain Road
Jackson, New Hampshire 03846
. . .keeping the past alive
Paintings for the 21st 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 the sale other than open hours Saturday and Sunday 1:00 - 3:00, contact Leslie Schomaker. The Society accepts cash or checks, but not credit cards.
| 19th Century Artists | ||
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| Ellen Maria Carpenter (1830 - 1909) | ||
| Birch Tree by a Stream Oil on canvas; 30" x 20" Signed lower right E.M. Carpenter. Carpenter was a popular landscape painter and teacher of art in Boston. She painted in the White Mountains as well as the South, California, and Yosemite in the 1870s. |
$1,500.00 image |
Benjamin Crackbone Champney (1817 - 1907) |
| Grapes from Champney's Porch Oil on canvas; 24 " x 18" An early tag on this still life says the view is from Champney's porch. Signed lower left B Champney. |
$1,200 image |
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| Birches by a Stream Oil on canvas; 7.5" x 13.25" Signed lower left. Recently restored. |
$3,000 image |
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| Crystal Falls, Pinkham Notch and Glen Ellis Falls, Pinkham Notch - SOLD Steel Engraving; 4" x 7" Two engravings framed together. Signed lower right B. Champney |
$350 image |
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| The White Mountains from North Conway Steel Engraving; 4" x 7" Signed lower right B. Champney. View from Sunset Hill (now by Red Jacket Mountain View). |
$350 image |
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| Currier and Ives | ||
| Mount Washington and the White Mountains; Lake Winnipiseogee Lithograph; 18" x 22" ea Two original Currier and Ives lithographs. Professionally cleaned, museum matting, birdseye maple frames. Sold as a pair. 1860. |
$6,500 image |
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| Anna Freeland (1837 - 1911) | ||
| Autumn in the Mountains Oil on canvas; 12" x 18" Freeland was artist in residence at Gray's Inn in Jackson. Dated 1891.Signed lower left. Shows lady on a bridge crossing the Wildcat River with Grays Inn and Iron Mountain in the background. (Frame has been restored) |
$2,700 image |
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| Francis Seth Frost (1825 - 1902) | ||
| Fisherman on the Saco Oil on canvas; 22"36" Signed lower left. Vose Gallery, Newbury St, Boston label on back. |
$2,400 image |
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| Samuel Lancaster Gerry (1813 - 1891) | ||
| Landscape With Cows Oil on canvas; 11 " x 17" Signed lower left S L Gerry. Shows cows and a man on horseback crossing a stream. |
$4,000 image |
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| Mt Kearsarge from North Conway Oil on canvas; 14 " x 18" Signed lower right GERRY 1853. |
$7,500 image |
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| Eagle Cliff from Echo Lake Franconia, NH Oil on canvas; 14" x 24" Unsigned sketch |
$1,800 image |
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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 image |
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| Lady at the Farm Gate - SOLD Watercolor; 9 " x 27" Signed lower right S L Gerry; probably 1880s. Lady by fence with sheep, cows, chicken, bird at a water barrel, man haying. Exhibited in the 1921 exhibit at the NH Historical Society The Life and Art of Samuel L Gerry with a two-page spread in the catalog. |
$600 image |
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| Cow Oil on canvas; 6.5 " x 5.5" Signed lower right S L Gerry. Besides landscapes and genre paintings, Gerry painted and exhibited what he described as cows' heads and cow studies along with other farm animals. |
$800 image |
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| Belle, Portrait of a Cow Charcoal on paper; 19 " x 12" Signed lower right S L Gerry, probably 1880s. Exhibited in the 1921 exhibit at the NH Historical Society The Life and Art of Samuel L Gerry with full page picture in the catalog. In addition to landscapes, Gerry painted cow studies and other animals. |
$400 image |
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| Haskell and Allen (1869 - 1880) | ||
| Lake Chocorua White Mountains - SOLD Print; 8" x 6" Very rare lithograph published by Haskell and Allen. |
$200 image |
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| John Henry Hill (1839 - 1922) | ||
| Dolly Copp's Farm - SOLD Watercolor; 8" x 14.5" Signed and dated lower right J. Henry Hill, 1866. Title on back is Dolly Copp's Farm. |
$360 image |
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| Philip Henry Holmes (1845 - 1915) | ||
| Mt Madison and Androscoggin River from Shelburne NH Oil on canvas; 18.25 " x 34" Signed lower left P H Holmes / 1874 |
$5,400 image |
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| S.V. Hunt | ||
| The Mount Washington Road Lithograph; 10" x 4" Shows a horse-drawn carriange on a very precipitous Auto Road. |
$200 image |
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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 image |
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| George McConnell (1852 - 1929) | ||
| Mount Washington Oil on canvas; 6" x 11.5" Oil on canvas framed under glass. Mount Washington seen from Bethlehem. |
$500 image |
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| Eagle Cliff and Echo Lake Franconia Notch Oil on canvas; 8 " x 19" Signed lower right "Geo McConnell / 1905" |
$2,200 image |
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| White Horse Ledge Echo Lake North Conway - SOLD Oil on canvas; 16.5" x 26" Signed and dated lower left Geo McConnell/1916. |
$3,600 image |
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| Mt Washington, White Mountains, from Bethlehem, NH Colored print from original oil; 3.25" x 16.25" Signed lower right Geo. McConnell |
$450 image |
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| Benjamin Tupper Newman (1858 - 1940) | ||
| Mount Chocorua Oil on canvas; 21" x 27" Signed lower left B.T. Newman and dated 1937. Shows Chocorua Lake with the mountain in the background. Newman taught art at Fryeburg Academy. |
$500 image |
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| William F. Paskell (1866 - 1951) | ||
| Mount Chocorua - SOLD Oil on canvas; 9 " x 13" Signed lower right Wm Paskell. Shows a sailboat and bird on the lake with the mountain in the background. Newman taught art at Fryeburg Academy. |
$400 image |
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| Mount Chocorua - SOLD Oil on canvas; 9" x 13" Signed lower right. Recently restored. |
$400 image |
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| Jean Paul Selinger (1850 - 1909) | ||
| Pearl Cascade Beecher's Brook Crawfords N.N. Oil on canvas; 20" x 14" Signed on front lower right J.P. Selinger. Verso pencil inscription by artist "Pearl Cascade Beecher's Brook - Crawfords White Mts N.H. / by / Jean Paul Selinger / Aug 1906." and incised with ink "Given to Dr. E M Holmes Sr. / By Artist JR Selinger 1910. |
$5,400 image |
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| Frank Henry Shapleigh (1842 - 1906) | ||
| Road View West Lebanon Oil on canvas; 7.5 " x 12.5" Signed FH Shapleigh on the front lower right and back. West Lebanon, Maine was the home of the Shapleigh family. The consignor purchased the painting from Italy from the great grandson of the original owner. |
$2,700.00 image |
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| Unknown | ||
| North Moat Mountain with Cathedral Ledge and the Saco Oil on canvas; 25" x 40" Very impressive period frame: 37" x 53", 7" deep in excellent condition. Priced for the frame. |
$3,600 image |
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| Birch Trees by a Stream Oil on canvas; 20"x 15" |
$600 image |
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| At River's Edge Oil on canvas; 9 "x 13.5" |
$550 image |
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| Landscape of a Stream Oil on canvas; 16" x 9.5" |
$800 image |
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| Valley River Oil on canvas; 5" x 8" |
$300 image |
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| Emerald Pond Oil on canvas; 10" x 8" |
$485 image |
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| Country Road Oil on canvas; 8" x 10" |
$300 image |
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| Conway Valley Oil on canvas; 12" x 20" |
$350 image |
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| Foraging in the Forest Oil on canvas; 13.5" x 9.5" Three ladies on a woodland path with basket. From the White Mountain collection of the late Dick Hamilton. |
$375 image |
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| Mabel Josephine Hatch Williams (1870 - 1944) | ||
| Wildcat River and Black Mountain - SOLD Pastel; 13" x 10" Mabel Williams maintained a studio in Jackson |
$500 image |
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| Contemporary Artists | ||
| David Baker | ||
| Jackson Covered Bridge; Tuckerman Ravine; Mt Chocorua; Mountains - SOLD Watercolor; 4" ea" Four small early watercolors. Signed. |
$1,200 image |
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Summer Jazz at the Wildcat Tavern, 1968 - SOLD |
1,000 image |
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| Byron Carr | ||
| Ammonoosuc Falls Oil on canvas; 12 " x 15.5" |
$1,800 image |
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| Snow on Mt Washington with Lion's Head Oil on canvas; 8.5" x 11.5" |
$1,450 image |
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| Harry Day (1912 - 2001) | ||
| Looking Down Crawford Notch - SOLD 72" x 28" This was a commission for Day, who had a studio in Jackson. The scene is looking down from the high point of Crawford Notch. The very large painting was donated to the Historical Society and is located in Boxford, MA. |
$500 image |
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| Erik Koeppel | ||
| Mt Washington from the Saco - SOLD Oil on panel; 10 " x 18" Painted in the 19th century Revival style. |
$4,600 image |
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| Spring on the Saco River Oil on panel; 6" x 10" Painted in the 19th century Revival style. |
$2,100 image |
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| Gulf of Slides Oil on canvas; 10" x 8" Painted in the 19th century Revival style. |
$2,400 image |
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| Star Lake Oil on canvas; 15" x 24" Painted in the 19th century Revival style. |
$5,400 image |
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| Washington Boulder - SOLD Oil on canvas; 15" x 27" Boulder is on Tin Mine Road, background is imagined. |
$5,400 image |
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| Mt Washington from the Ellis River - SOLD Oil on panel; 15" x 12" Painted in the 19th century Revival style. |
$4,500 image |
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| Echo Lake Oil on canvas; 7" x 14" Painted in the 19th century Revival style. |
$2,600 image |
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| Winter Sunrise Oil on panel; 6" x 14" Painted in the 19th century Revival style. |
$2,600 image |
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| Myke Morton | ||
| Meadow Barn Oil on panel; 7.5 " x 9.5" |
$300 image |
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| Jackson Covered Bridge Print; 5" x 7" |
$150 image |
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| Leigh Stetson Schoch | ||
| Glen Ellis Falls Oil on panel; 12 " x 24" |
$1,450 image |
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| Beaver Brook Falls Oil on panel; 10" x 8" |
$950 image |
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| Crawford Notch Oil on panel; 12" x 9" |
$1,450 image |
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| Memorabilia | ||
| Gold Leaf Frame | ||
| Gold Leaf Frame 14" x 17 picture size, 18" x 21.5 exterior Ornate gold leaf frame in excellent condition. The same frame was used by Benjamin Champney. |
$400 image |
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| Ed Goode | ||
| Wooden Bowl 7" round Goode was a local woodcrafter. This bowl was created 10/23/09 from eastern spruce from the Jackson covered bridge. |
$65 image |
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| Prints | ||
Mount Washington from the Conway Road |
$150 image |
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| The Mount Washington Road 6" x 9" Print of an 1872 engraving from William Cullen Bryant's book "Picturesque America 1872, engraved by Samuel Valentine Hunt. |
$150 image |
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| The Silver Cascade in the Notch of the White Mountains 7 " x 5" Print of a circa 1840 engraving from a drawing by Petrie. |
$125 image |
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| Photograph | ||
| Early Panorama from the Glen House, Pinkham Notch - SOLD 3.5" x 10" Early photograph, nicely matted and framed. Mountains in the panorama are named. |
$125 image |
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| Silver Tea Service and Tray | ||
| Jackson Sewing Club's Silver Tea Service - SOLD Tray 24" x 13" The Jackson Sewing Club (1917 - 2017) used this in its annual Silver Teas. The set includes a tray, coffee and tea pots, cream and sugar bowls. |
$150 image |
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| Silver Tray 21" round Ornate, heavy silver tray used by the Jackson Sewing Club's (1917 - 2017) Silver Teas. |
$175 image |
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| Simon Pierce | ||
| Glass Punch Bowl - SOLD 17" round, 8" tall This punch bowl was used by the Jackson Sewing Club's (1917 - 2017) annual Silver Teas. |
$100 image |
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| Vintage Wildcat Parka | ||
| U.S. Army Ski Troops' Surplus - SOLD Large A 1962 Carroll Reed ad shows a photo of the same parka, which it describes as "expensively made for use by the U.S. Ski Troops. Silver grey, wolf furedged hood. Alpaca pile. |
$400 image |
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| Rodney Woodard (1905 - 1976) Carvings | ||
3 Indian Heads |
$275 image |
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| Buffalo 6.6" x 6" Unsigned from the collection of his daughter. Woodard's studio was in his home, the former Magrath's Tavern. |
$75 image |
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