Mt. Monadnock
Mt. Monadnock is located in Southwestern New Hampshire near Jaffrey. It
is 3,165 feet tall.
The name Monadnock comes from the Abnacki Native American word for
mountain that stands alone. The word monadnock is used by geologists
for any single mountain that rises above a surrounding plain. Mt.
Monadnock has provided inspiration for the writers Henry David Thoreau,
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Mark Twain, and the painter Abbott Handerson
Thayer.
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Abbott
Handerson Thayer
1849-1921
Abbott
Handerson Thayer was born in Boston in 1849. His father was a prominent
physician. He studied art at the Brooklyn Academy of Design and the
National Academy in New York, under Lemuel E. Wilmarth. He went ot
Paris in 1875 to continue his studies under Charles E. R. H. Lehmann,
and three years with Jean L. Gerome. He returned to New York where he
became known for his paintings of angelic women.
In 1901 he moved to Dublin, New Hampshire where he could see Nount
Monadnock from his studio. The mountain and the surrounding landscape
became favorite subjects.
Online Exhibit
of some of Thayer's works.
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