Collage
- Title:
- A Surprise
- Object Name:
- Collage
- Object ID:
- 1969.005.094.2
- Creator:
- Merrill, Edward West (1841-1910)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1870-1890
- Description:
- Birchbark picture of A Surprise, by Edward West Merrill (1841-1910), c. 1870-1890. Birchbark canoe with two men; one in front has double paddle held crosswise in both hands; wooden barrels and gear in center of canoe; man in rear. Emerging from the woods at left is deer with antlers in birchbark. Black painted background with green foliage and green and brown trees. Titled, lower center, in white: "A SURPRISE." Unsigned. Flat profile wood frame, painted gold, glazed.
- Material:
- Wood
Birchbark - Dimensions:
- H-11.75 W-18.3 inches
- Provenance:
- The Josiah Abbott Dadmun (1840-1924) and Susan Dadmun (1844-1936) Collection is a bequest of their daughter, Helen I. Dadmun (Mrs. Frank C.) Doble (1881-1969). Mrs. Doble's bequest includes: "my 'Durgin' silver." Other items in the collection include: New Hampshire and other silver, wallpaper samples, fans, personal items, and birchbark pictures made by E. H. Merrill.
- Credit Line:
- Josiah Abbott Dadmun and Susan Dadmun Collections, Bequest of Helen I. Dadmun Doble
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