Painting

Title:

Untitled

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

1982.004

Creator:

Anonymous

Date:

circa 1850

Description:

Landscape painting. Untitled, by anonymous artist, c. 1850. Watercolor on paper. Depicts home of Governor William Plumer in Epping, NH. Dirt drive and white fencing in foreground. Yellow house with double chimney at center. Trees and groomed landscaping all around. On reverse of paper, handwritten in black ink: "Home of Gov. William Plumer / Lizzie Bacon / Ber[s]ie Plumer Pearson". Wood frame painted green and gold, light gray mat, glazing.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-7.5 W-12 inches

Provenance:

Also on brown paper backing is following line of ownership:
Lizzie Bacon (Elizabeth Olivia Plumer Bacon, granddaughter of William Plumer)
Bessie Plumer Pearson Norris (great granddaughter)
Katherine Pike Foster (great great granddaughter, niece of Bessie P. P. Norris) where picture last hung.

Credit Line:

Gift of Katherine P. Foster

People:

Plumer, William (1759-1850), Bacon, Elizabeth O. (1829-1912), Norris, Bessie P. (1857-1944), Foster, Katherine P. (1893-1989)

Subjects:

Governor William Plumer's House, Landscape paintings