Lithograph
- Title:
- A View of Manchester N.H. Composed From Sketches Taken Near Rock Raymond
- Object Name:
- Lithograph
- Object ID:
- 1995.573.04
- Creator:
- Bachelder, John Badger (1825-1894)
Artist ; Endicott & Company - Place of Origin:
- NY
- Date:
- 1855
- Description:
- Lithograph. A View of Manchester N.H. Composed From Sketches Taken Near Rock Raymond, lithographed by Endicott & Company, after John B. Bachelder (1825-1894), 1855. Ink on paper; blue and buff tint stones. Man and woman ride horses on dirt road, right of center foreground. Figures sit and stand on rolling hills in middle ground, while carriages travel on winding roads. View of the Amoskeag River in background with the city of Manchester beyond. Mills line river bank. Mountains in background. Sun streams through clouds on right. Signed directly under image at left: "LITH OF ENDICOTT & CO. N.Y." At center: "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by J.B. Bachelder, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of New Hampshire." Titled in lower margin, at center: "A VIEW OF MANCHESTER N.H. / COMPOSED FROM SKETCHES TAKEN NEAR ROCK RAYMOND BY / J.B. BACHELDER, 1855." Points of interest labeled in lower margin between signatures and title. Top row, from left to right: "Reservoir. Boston & Concord Rail Road. Manchester Locomotive Works. Stark Mills No. 1.2. City Hall. Amoskeag Mills Nos. 1.2.3.4 & 5. Rail Road Passenger Station. Freight Station. Manchester Print Works. Wiers. Manchester Iron Co. Manchester Gas Co. Manchester Car & Machine Co., Piscataquog River. " Second row, from left to right: "Amoskeag Bridge Amoskeag falls. Merrimac River Blodgett Edge Tool Co. Martin's Paper Mill Blodget Paper Co. Mechanics Row. Amoskeag Locomotive Works. Manchester & Lawrence R.R. N.H. Central R.R. Bridge. N.H. Central Rail Road. " Matted. In molded wood frame with acrylic glazing.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-26 W-34 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Manchester, NH, City views, Cityscape prints, Cityscapes, Views, City, Industry, Industrialization
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