Sign, Trade
- Title:
- General Wolfe
- Object Name:
- Sign, Trade
- Object ID:
- 1976.027
- Date:
- circa 1770
- Description:
- Sign from Wolfe Tavern, Rochester, NH, c. 1770. Painted wood. Vertical rectangle with pedimented top and scrolled bottom. Painted black. Initials "S.W." painted in white at top and "1770" painted in white at bottom. "1799" on reverse of sign, which is badly weathered. Main portion of sign is framed (some pieces missing) with polychrome bust-length portrait of man in red uniform looking to his right with name, "General Wolfe", in white below.
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-52.25 W-25.25 D-2 inches
- Provenance:
- The History of Rochester by Franklin McDuffee, 1892, 485, states that the Stephen Wentworth (S.W.) Tavern was the first tavern in Rochester. "This tavern was known also as the "Wolfe Tavern" from the sign which bore a bust portrait of General Wolfe in full military dress." In 1892 the "General Wolfe" tavern sign was owned by Dr. James Farrington (1822-1902) of Rochester, from whom it passed to his daughter, Nellie F. McDuffee (1854-1948). It was purchased by the Society from Albert Dow of Ossipee, NH, who had received it from Josephine S. Hickey (1930-2014) of Brookfield, NH, the great niece of Nellie McDuffee.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
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