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Ossipee Mountains and Lake Winnipesaukee from Center Harbor
Samuel L. Gerry (1813–91)
Label on reverse: “Ossipee Mountain / in distance / March 1856 / S L Gerry”
Oil on canvas (18 x 24 in.)
Private collection

Gerry worked in New Hampshire’s Lakes Region where he had a summer home from 1853 to 1856. This painting, dated March 1856, was probably among the group of lake works that Gerry auctioned in Boston that same month, as he was anticipating closing his Center Harbor studio.

 
 
 
Ossipee Mountains and Lake Winnipesaukee from Center Harbor by Samuel L. Gerry
Old Road to Meredith, N.H. by Samuel L. Gerry
Horseback Riding in the White Mountains by Samuel L. Gerry
The Willow Road, North Sandwich, N.H. by Samuel L. Gerry
Mount Mansfield by Samuel L. Gerry
Alpine Landscape by Samuel L. Gerry
Claudian Aqueduct near Rome
The Emerald Pool, Pinkham Notch by Samuel L. Gerry
May's Pond, Roxbury, Massachusetts by Samuel L. Gerry
Artist Brook in Autumn by Samuel L. Gerry
Head Waters of the Peabody River by Samuel L. Gerry
Old Man of the Mountains near Profile House, White Mts. by Samuel L. Gerry
The Flume, N.H. by Samuel L. Gerry
The Flume by Samuel L. Gerry
Garden's Bounty by Samuel L. Gerry
The Land of Beulah, or Vision of the City of Heaven by Samuel L. Gerry
Belle by Samuel L. Gerry
The Picnic by Samuel L. Gerry
Merrill Mountain Home and Moosilauke Inn Annex by Samuel L. Gerry
Cottage at Franconia by Samuel L. Gerry
Untitled by Samuel L. Gerry
Littleton, N.H. by Samuel L. Gerry
The Artist's Dream by Samuel L. Gerry
Artist's Brook, North Conway, New Hampshire by Samuel L. Gerry
Mount Washington from the Saco Ford, North Conway in Autumn by Samuel L. Gerry
Franconia Mountains and the Pemigewasset River by Samuel L. Gerry
Bringing in the Hay by Samuel L. Gerry
Église St. Vincent, Montreux, Switzerland by Samuel L. Gerry
The White Mountains from Shelburne by Samuel L. Gerry
Echo Lake by Samuel L. Gerry
Tuckerman's Ravine and Mount Washington by Samuel L. Gerry
Mount Washington Carriage Road and Presidential Range by Samuel L. Gerry
Eagle Cliff, Profile Lake by Samuel L. Gerry
Eagle Cliff, Profile Lake by Samuel L. Gerry
Profile Lake, Franconia, N.H. by Samuel L. Gerry
American Tourists Passing the Col de Balme, Switzerland by Samuel L. Gerry
Mount Washington from Thorn Hill in Jackson by Samuel L. Gerry
Sketching Moat Mountain from the Artist's Camp by Samuel L. Gerry
Mount Washington and the Ellis River from Jackson by Samuel L. Gerry
Eagle Cliff and Echo Lake by Samuel L. Gerry
Woodland Interior, Bartlett, N.H. by Samuel L. Gerry
Old Man of the Mountains by Samuel L. Gerry
View of Centre Harbor, New Hampshire by Samuel L. Gerry
Fording the Stream, Franconia Mountains by Samuel L. Gerry
Washington's Tomb by Samuel L. Gerry
Trimount in 1630 by Samuel L. Gerry and James Burt
View of Boston from the Northeast by Samuel L. Gerry and James Burt
Farmyard Scene by Samuel L. Gerry
Seascape by Samuel L. Gerry
Portrait of a man by Samuel L. Gerry
John Oscar Kent and His Sister, Sarah Eliza Kent by Samuel L. Gerry
Franconia Notch from West Campton by Samuel L. Gerry