Lithograph

Title:

Sawyer Woolen Mills, Dover, N.H.

Object Name:

Lithograph

Object ID:

1965.061

Creator:

Caughey, Rollin (1851-1925)Artist; Strobridge Lithographing CompanyLithographer

Place of Origin:

Cincinnati, OH

Date:

1884

Description:

Chromolithograph. Sawyer Woolen Mills, Dover, N.H., drawn by Rollin Caughey (1851-1925), lithographed by the Strobridge Lithographing Company, Cincinnati, OH; 1884. Ink on paper with blue and yellow tint stones. Large factory in middle distance. Workers' houses, at center, line both sides of a dirt road; railroad station to left; figures play baseball game in field to right. In background, more factory buildings at left, and rolling hills at right. River flows from upper left to right center edge. Railroad runs straight back along left side of image. Signed in lower left: "R. Caughey, Painsville, O. del." Lower right: "THE STROBRIDGE LITH CO CIN'TI & N.Y." Title, lower margin at center: "SAWYER WOOLEN MILLS, / DOVER, N.H." Matted. Molded wood frame, painted black, glazed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-20.5 W-27 inches

Provenance:

Purchased from Kennedy Galleries, New York, with funds donated by George Ffrost Sawyer (1902-1992), the grandson of Charles Henry Sawyer (1840-1909), mill agent and president during the era shown in this print.

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase, with funds provided by George F. Sawyer

People:

Strobridge Lithographing Company, Caughey, Rollin (1851-1925), Sawyer, George F. (1902-1992)

Subjects:

Dover, NH, Factories, Factory buildings, Industrialization, Industry, Mills, Progress, Sawyer Mills, Wool, Wool industry, Landscape prints, Views, Bird's-eye, Baseball