Collage

Title:

Mother Goose at Home

Object Name:

Collage

Object ID:

1969.005.091.2

Creator:

Merrill, Edward West (1841-1910)Artist

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

1870

Description:

Birchbark Picture. Mother Goose at Home, by Edward West Merrill (1841-1910), 1870. Birchbark, watercolor, and ink on paper. Birchbark woman in pointed hat and cape warming her hands before an open fire; crane, irons, and log done in birchbark; white fire and smoke in painted red brick fireplace. Duck, cat, bellows and ornaments on fireplace mantel in birchbark. Black floorboards and black mantle lined in white watercolor. Signed lower right, "M." Title in white watercolor lower right: "MOTHER / GOOSE / AT / HOME". Ink inscription on reverse: "E.W. Merrill / Concord / NH". Flat profile wood frame, painted gold, glazed, green mat.

Material:

Wood
Birchbark

Dimensions:

H-11 W-9.4 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

People:

Merrill, Edward West (1841-1910), Dadmun, Josiah A. (1840-1924), Dadmun, Susan (1844-1936), Doble, Helen I. (1881-1968)

Subjects:

Mother Goose