Collage

Title:

Sheridan in the Valley 1864

Object Name:

Collage

Object ID:

1969.005.095.2

Creator:

Merrill, Edward West (1841-1910)Artist; Thulstrup, Thure de (1848-1930)Illustrator

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

1888

Description:

Birchbark Picture. Sheridan in the Valley 1864, by Edward West Merrill (1841-1910), 1864. Birchbark and ink and watercolor on black painted paper. Man mounted on a galloping horse. Man with feet in covered stirrups, lifts his gloved right hand; dressed in a military uniform: double-breasted coat, gold belt, shoulder insignia, and flat-top hat. Horse and man in birchbark; sitter's face woodcut engraving; horse tack and costume details in yellow watercolor. White paint border. White paint title, lower center: "SHERIDAN / IN / THE / VALLEY / 1864". Signed lower left: "E.W. Merrill / Concord NH." Gold painted wood frame, flat profile, glazed. Copied from a print appearing in the August 11, 1888 issue of Harper's Weekly magazine.

Material:

Wood
Birchbark

Dimensions:

H-15.4 W-21.4 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. W. Merrill.

Credit Line:

Josiah Abbott Dadmun and Susan Dadmun Collections, Bequest of Helen I. Dadmun Doble

People:

Sheridan, Philip (1831-1888), Merrill, Edward West (1841-1910), Thulstrup, Thure de (1848-1930), Dadmun, Josiah A. (1840-1924), Dadmun, Susan (1844-1936), Doble, Helen I. (1881-1968)

Subjects:

Horses, Sheridan, Philip