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Tuckerman Ravine

Tuckerman Ravine

Artist/Maker (American, 1793–1856)
Dateca. 1830
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 18 1/8 × 26 5/8 in. (46 × 67.6 cm)
Frame: 32 1/4 × 40 1/2 × 4 1/2 in. (81.9 × 102.9 × 11.4 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Charles F. and Abigail L. Olney
Object number1904.1208
Status
Not on view
More Information
Doughty's landscape is set in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, with Mt. Washington, the tallest peak in the eastern United States, in the distance. The landscape is as much an allegory as a topographic view; the massive boulders obstructing the route to the mountain probably signify an arduous spiritual pilgrimage. Doughty apparently composed his painting from memory, as it is not an exact transcription of the site.
Exhibition History
American Artists Discover America
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (February 1, 1946 - February 28, 1946 )
American Paintings
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (November 23, 1954 - December 18, 1954 )
The White Mountains: Place and Perceptions
  • Museum of Art, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH (September 7, 1980 - October 29, 1980 )
  • New York Historical Society, New York (December 1, 1980 - January 30, 1981 )
  • Dartmouth University Museum and Galleries, Hanover, NH (March 6, 1981 - April 19, 1981 )
American Paintings and Sculpture
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (April 30, 1985 - August 18, 1985 )
Landscape in the 19th Century: Observation and Interpretation
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (February 20, 1990 - April 29, 1990 )
Selections from the Permanent Collection: Landscape
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (June 15, 1993 - August 19, 1993 )
Charles F. Olney and the Collecting of Curiosities
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (July 8, 1996 - September 25, 1996 )
Changing Visions of the North American Landscape
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (October 24, 2000 - January 28, 2001 )
Figure to Non-Figurative: The Evolution of Modern Art in Europe and North America, 1830-1950
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 23, 2002 - June 9, 2003 )
Art and Life in Early America
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 2, 2014 - June 28, 2015 )
Collections
  • Americas
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