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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 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
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
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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
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Birches by a Stream
Oil on canvas; 7.5" x 13.25"
Signed lower left. Recently restored.
$3,000
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Mt Kearsarge from North Conway
Oil on canvas; 14 " x 18"
Signed lower right GERRY 1853.
$7,500
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Eagle Cliff from Echo Lake Franconia, NH
Oil on canvas; 14" x 24"
Unsigned sketch
$1,800
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 McConnell (1852 - 1929)
Mount Washington
Oil on canvas; 6" x 11.5"
Oil on canvas framed under glass. Mount Washington seen from Bethlehem.
$500
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Mount Chocorua - SOLD
Oil on canvas; 9" x 13"
Signed lower right. Recently restored.
$400
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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
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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
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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
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Birch Trees by a Stream
Oil on canvas; 20"x 15"
$600
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At River's Edge
Oil on canvas; 9 "x 13.5"
$550
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Landscape of a Stream
Oil on canvas; 16" x 9.5"
$800
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Valley River
Oil on canvas; 5" x 8"
$300
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Emerald Pond
Oil on canvas; 10" x 8"
$485
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Country Road
Oil on canvas; 8" x 10"
$300
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Conway Valley
Oil on canvas; 12" x 20"
$350
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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
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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
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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
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Summer Jazz at the Wildcat Tavern, 1968 - SOLD
Charcoal; 13.5" x 21"
Peewee Russell on the clarinet, John Hall, bass, Peewee Erwin, trumpet. Signed by all the musicians but Russell. An article on the back from a 1968 "Mt Washington Valley Signal" shows a photo of Baker holding another painting with Russell.

1,000
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Byron Carr
  Ammonoosuc Falls
Oil on canvas; 12 " x 15.5"
$1,800
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Snow on Mt Washington with Lion's Head
Oil on canvas; 8.5" x 11.5"
$1,450
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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
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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
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Spring on the Saco River
Oil on panel; 6" x 10"
Painted in the 19th century Revival style.
$2,100
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Gulf of Slides
Oil on canvas; 10" x 8"
Painted in the 19th century Revival style.
$2,400
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Star Lake
Oil on canvas; 15" x 24"
Painted in the 19th century Revival style.
$5,400
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Washington Boulder - SOLD
Oil on canvas; 15" x 27"
Boulder is on Tin Mine Road, background is imagined.
$5,400
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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
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Echo Lake
Oil on canvas; 7" x 14"
Painted in the 19th century Revival style.
$2,600
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Winter Sunrise
Oil on panel; 6" x 14"
Painted in the 19th century Revival style.
$2,600
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Myke Morton
Meadow Barn
Oil on panel; 7.5 " x 9.5"
$300
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Jackson Covered Bridge
Print; 5" x 7"
$150
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Leigh Stetson Schoch
Glen Ellis Falls
Oil on panel; 12 " x 24"
$1,450
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Beaver Brook Falls
Oil on panel; 10" x 8"
$950
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Crawford Notch
Oil on panel; 12" x 9"
$1,450
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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
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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
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Prints

Mount Washington from the Conway Road
6 " x 9" From a hand-colord engraving by Joseph S. Harley, after Harry Fenn (1837-1911), published in "Picturesque America" 1874. Signed on image lower left "H. Fenn" and lower right "Harley".

$150
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Silver Tray
21" round
Ornate, heavy silver tray used by the Jackson Sewing Club's (1917 - 2017) Silver Teas.
$175
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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
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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
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Rodney Woodard (1905 - 1976) Carvings

3 Indian Heads
8 " x 6"
1) Plaster cast signed and dated R Woodard '68; 2) with full headdress initialed RW; 3) head initialed and dated RW '71. Woodard's studio was in his home, the former Magrath's Tavern. May be bought individually for $100ea.

$275
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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
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