Sketch of Mount Washington

1851

Dating: Exact year
Held at: National Gallery of Art
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: overall: 28.89 × 50.8 cm (11 3/8 × 20 in.) framed: 54.29 × 75.88 cm (21 3/8 × 29 7/8 in.)
Collection no.: 2014.136.113
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

Sketch of Mount Washington — John Frederick Kensett. 1851.

Medium: oil on canvas.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 28.89 × 50.8 cm (11 3/8 × 20 in.) framed: 54.29 × 75.88 cm (21 3/8 × 29 7/8 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2014.136.113. Corcoran Collection (Gift of William Wilson Corcoran, 1869).

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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