Lithograph
- Title:
- Contoocook, New Hampshire
- Object Name:
- Lithograph
- Object ID:
- 1990.023.14
- Creator:
- McDonnell, Arch (1909-1978)
Artist ; Village Press Publications - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1970-1989
- Description:
- Photolithograph, Contoocook, Covered Bridges, undated, New Hampshire, after a painting by Arch McDonnell (1909-1978), 1970-1989. Ink on paper. Winter scene. 1930s-style car left center foreground with NH licence plate "1932". Covered bridge with sign "CONTOOCOOK" over archway; railroad crossing and "NH / 103" sign on bridge. Three male figures stand by snow bank in front of store at left; one of the boys holds a shovel over shoulder. Store with awning labeled, "KEDDY"S MARKET"'; large, red clapboard, three-story building. Between bridge and store is a railroad covered bridge with a locomotive, engine number "1441" heading left. Printed signature lower right: "ARCH Mc DONNELL". Printed inscription lower right margin: "Contoocook, New Hampshire, and original painting by Arch McDonnell, courtesy of New Hampshire Savings Bank / Village Press Publications, Concord, N.H." Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-11.4 W-14.2 inches
- Provenance:
- The donor, J. Willcox Brown (1915-2005), acquired McDonnell prints (1990.023.01-.25) from a collector in Penacook, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of J. Willcox Brown
- Subjects:
- Contoocook, NH, Covered Bridges
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