[at-l] "Ktaadn" (Church 1853)

[Tom McGinnis]

### It would "fit" the Katahdin massif if the view was taken Katahdin Pond (about 6.5 miles due east of Baxter Peak). Use Google Earth, use the Terrain feature, put yourself on the short of the southeast pond, and cast a look west. Pretty close. Most of the peakieness (geographic term meaning: "Gee, that's pointy") is Pamola. You're looking into the northeast-oriented horseshoe of the range, with Pamola as the nearest object, and Baxter to the background. North (or course) is to the viewer's right.
### Must've been a sweet one to see live. I'd like to hang it in *my* living room....

wantingtoe

--- On Sat, 11/14/09, David Addleton <dfaddleton at gmail.com> wrote:

> Frederic Edwin Church is said to have painted two views of the
> mountain, the one I viewed was painted in 1853.
> Is anyone familiar with this painting?
> The view from which it's painted isn't the view from which
> most modern photographs seem to be made of the mountain.
> Does anyone recognize the position from which the Church
> painting's perspective/view of the mountain was taken?
> 
> I saw it on Friday in Birmingham, Alabama, at its Art
> Museum. It was part of the an exhibit from the Yale University
> collection.
> 
> Some digital images of it seem to exist on the inet.
> http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.cep.unt.edu/show/036.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.cep.unt.edu/show/036.htm&usg=__Wc5fR3IZOsHSeo-GeGhZhKjKdps=&h=278&w=425&sz=75&hl=en&start=15&um=1&tbnid=oRH3vsXZ1FdGIM:&tbnh=82&tbnw=126&prev=/images%3Fq%3DKtaadn%2Bpainting%2Bchurch%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DG%26um%3D1
> http://www.intofineart.com/usa/oil-painting-picture-10666-Mount%20Ktaadn-Frederic%20Edwin%20Church.html
> http://www.oceansbridge.com/oil-paintings/product.php?xProd=33012
> (Second row from bottom, on the right -- scroll down to find it!):
> http://www.1st-art-gallery.com/Yale-University-Art-Gallery,-Hartford,-Connecticut,-Usa.html