Near Top, Dixville Notch, New Hampshire
September 9, 1863
Classification
landscapes
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Bequest of Erskine Hewitt
Accession Number
1942-50-208
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
Daniel Huntington's *Near Top, Dixville, New Hampshire* (September 9, 1863) invites visitors to the rugged beauty of New Hampshire's White Mountains. Dixville Notch, a dramatic glacial pass in the Appalachians, was a magnet for 19th-century seeking the sublime in American wilderness. Captured on a specific autumn day, this landscape likely evokes the crisp clarity of early fall, with towering peaks and forested slopes that symbolize the nation's untamed spirit national turmoil. Huntington (1816–1906), a prominent American painter and National Academy member, trained in the tradition of the Hu...