Description The area of North Conway New Hampshire is one of the first areas in the wilderness where 19th century Hudson River School artists gathered as a group. Starting in the 1850’s, Hudson River School artists spent their days painting and sketching en plein air. This early scene by Lewis shows an awe-inspiring view of the White Mountains. The scene dated 1859  resembles similar views of  Mount Washington and Moat Mountain in New Hampshire. Forerunner painters, like Lewis, saw their paintings as unique views which were truly American and inspiring.  They showed the unspoiled frontier. Lewis’s view shows both solitude and splendor in this special corner of America.

Lewis was a Philadelphia-born landscape artist whose early training under Paul Weber (1850–55) firmly rooted him in the Hudson River School tradition. Though prolific across marine and inland subjects, his two-decade exploration of New Hampshire’s White Mountains led to some of his most expressive and luminous works.

Exhibited: Listed in a Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art exhibition as Mt Washington painted in 1859.   Lewis visited the White Mountains frequently between 1857 and 1876.