Painting
- Title:
- Wartime Shipbuilding, Newington, N.H.
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1933.004
- Creator:
- French, Frank (1850-1933)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Newington, NH
- Date:
- 1918
- Description:
- Landscape painting, Wartime Shipbuilding, Newington, N.H., by Frank French (1850-1933), 1918. Oil on canvas. Depicts shipyard with lumber, men, horses, and machinery foreground. At right, two large ships being built, with staging. American flag flying on ship nearest center. Timber being hoisted. Blue launch boat at left, background. Water with green trees on further shore in background. Blue sky with small white clouds. Inscribed and signed at lower left in black paint: "Painted in the L.H. Shattuck Shipyard at Newington N.H. in August 1918 by permission of the U.S. Shipping Board FRANK FRENCH". Brass label on frame reads: "Wartime Shipbuilding Newington N.H. A Gift of the Artist Frank French A.N.A. To the New Hampshire Historical Society. 1933." Green-painted wood frame face with gilded interior and exterior border trim.
- Material:
- Textile
Canvas - Dimensions:
- H-23.2 W-34 D-0.8 inches
- Provenance:
- Painted in the L. H. Shattuck Shipyard, Newington, NH, 1918. Bequest of the artist, Frank French (1850-1933).
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Frank French
- People:
- French, Frank (1850-1933)
- Subjects:
- Newington, NH, Portsmouth, NH, Shipyards, Shipbuilding, World War I
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