Collage
- Title:
- Scene From The County Fair
- Object Name:
- Collage
- Object ID:
- 1985.077.02.2
- Creator:
- Merrill, Edward West (1841-1910)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1890-1900
- Description:
- Birchbark Picture. Scene from The County Fair, by Edward West Merrill (1841-1910), 1890-1900. Birchbark, lithograph prints, ink, charcoal crayon, on black painted paper. One of a pair of scenes from the play "The County Fair," first performed in Concord, NH, in 1870s or 80s. Depicts six figures outside barn. Man to the left stands with unknown tool in his raised hand. A man, dressed as a woman, at center has her arms around a younger man and woman. A male figure and female figure stand to the right. The female figure has her hand rased toward mouth. A sharpening stone to left and a bag in center foreground. Figures have clothing made of birchbark, lithograph prints for heads and hands. White sketch of a barn in background on black paper. White inscription lower center: "SCENE FROM 'THE COUNTY FAIR'". Signed lower left: "DRAWN ON BIRCH BARK / BY E.W. MERRILL / Concord / N.H." Bronzed gesso over wood frame with patinated fan-like and scroll decoration.
- Material:
- Wood
Birchbark - Dimensions:
- H-22 W-28 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- Merrill, Edward West (1841-1910)
- Subjects:
- County fairs
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