# An October Day in the White Mountains

- By: John Frederick Kensett (American, 1816–1872)
- Date: 1854
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Framed: 107.6 x 152.1 x 12.7 cm (42 3/8 x 59 7/8 x 5 in.); Unframed: 79.8 x 123.5 cm (31 7/16 x 48 5/8 in.)
- Culture: United States
- Credit line: John L. Severance Fund and various donors by exchange
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1967.5)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1967.5/1967.5_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

After railroad service to the area was improved in the early 1850s, the White Mountains in New Hampshire became a favored destination for tourists and artists seeking to commune with nature. New York-based Kensett painted several views, including this distant rendering across the Saco River of Mount Chocorua, one of the most distinctive peaks in the region.