SAMUEL W. GRIGGS (Massachusetts 1827-1898) “NEW HAMPSHIRE WHITE MOUNTAIN LAKE SCENE”, 1878 fine arts oil on canvas, depicting a peaceful lake scene with angler on the banks, three men in a dory, paddle sidewheeler, sailboats and houseboat. Signed and dated on a log “S.W.G. ’78”. Original elaborate gilt frame.
22 in. x 36 in.

Samuel Griggs was listed in the Boston City Directory from 1848 to 1852 as an architect, and as an artist from 1854 onward. It is believed that he studied under Albert Bierstadt before he was well known, and displayed a painting in an Albert Bierstadt exhibition in New Bedford, Massachusetts, as well as the Boston Athenaeum and Boston Art Club.