- Title:
- Old Man of the Mountain
- Object Name:
- Object ID:
- 1965.056.10
- Creator:
- Sprague, Isaac (1811-1895); Bufford, John H. (1810-1870)
- Place of Origin:
- Boston, MA
- Date:
- circa 1850
- Description:
- Hand-colored lithograph of Old Man of the Mountain, lithographed and published by John H. Bufford (1810-1870), c. 1850. Green forested slope rising to rocky cliff. Old Man profile projects just left of center. Blue sky with clouds above and in front of him. Flowering red foreground, lower right. Printed above image, "WHITE MOUNTAIN SCENERY". Titled at bottom, "OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN." Printed just below image, "Boston, Lith. & Pubd. by J.H. Bufford, 313 Washingn. St." "5-" in pencil, lower right corner. Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-7.8 W-6.4 inches
- Provenance:
- Published in William Oakes' "Scenery of the White Mountains," after drawings by Isaac Sprague, 1848.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- Subjects:
- Old Man of the Mountain, Cannon Mountain, Franconia Notch
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