Lithograph
- Title:
- Jacob Wendell House, 1789
- Object Name:
- Lithograph
- Object ID:
- 1959.008
- Creator:
- Wengenroth, Stow (1906-1978)
- Date:
- 1958
- Description:
- Lithograph of the Jacob Wendell House, 1789, by Stow Wengenroth (1906-1978), 1958. Ink on paper. Street scene. Georgian style house, viewed from the side with hipped roof, dormers, two chimneys, pedimented doorway, and wing in rear; possible garage in rear connected to main house by arcade. Attached to side of house is a street sign: "EDWARD ST". Similar house to right. Trees in background and one tree in left foreground. Handwritten in pencil lower left: "/50"and signed lower right in pencil: "Stow Wengenroth". Paper label with printed inscription on backing paper: "JACOB WENDELL HOUSE, 1789 PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE / BY STOW WENGENROTH, N.A. / This edition of fifty prints signed by the artist was made in 1958 solely / for the delectation of the present owner W.G. Wendell and his friends." Matted. Thin wood frame, painted black; glazed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-15.5 W-21 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of W.G. Wendall
- People:
- Wengenroth, Stow (1906-1978)
- Subjects:
- Wendell House, Houses, Architecture
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