Drawing
- Title:
- Untitled
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 1982.002
- Creator:
- Damon, Benjamin (1783-1872)
Cabinetmaker - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1826-1867
- Description:
- Drawing. Untitled landscape by B. Damon or unidentified artist, c.1850. Charcoal on sanded paper. Imaginary landscape with dirt road across foreground, man on horse-drawn sulky at lower left foreground, large building on hill at center in distance, and fields with several fences. Stamped on reverse of paper: "B. DAMON, CONCORD, N.H." (possibly B. Damon was the art supplier of this paper). Wood frame with recessed ribbed design and cherry finish.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-14.9 W-19 inches
- Provenance:
- Benjamin Damon (c. 1830-1870) was listed in Concord, NH, city directories as a cabinetmaker and painter. He probably supplied the drawing paper to the artist of this work, who most likely was a young woman, perhaps a student at a female academy.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- Subjects:
- Landscape drawings, Horses, Carriages & coaches, Charcoal drawings
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