David JohnsonAmerican, 1827–1908Study, North Conway, New Hampshire
Can I see it?
Not on view at present
Where is “Study, North Conway, New Hampshire” now? Collection: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.
Cleveland, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
Johnson’s devotion to carefully observing nature is evident in his detailed rendering of a riverbed. Located in a village that provided a popular jumping-off point for tourists visiting the White Mountains, this untamed site features a haphazard arrangement of angled boulders, slippery moss, splintered tree branches, and dense undergrowth. Contemporary travel guidebooks often cautioned against the physical challenges—and the potential for injury—encountered by venturing into such inner recesses of the woods; one warned that “wild forest-clambering” could be akin to “fighting a phalanx of porcupines.”
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Details
- Accession number
- 1967.125
In the catalog
Sources
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Image: The Cleveland Museum of Art — Museum open access
![Study for "White Mountains from North Conway, New Hampshire" [recto], David Johnson, 1851](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/23b41ec3-d4c2-4c85-a3ff-2c82ae5abf26/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
