- Title:
- The Heart of the Notch, White Mountains of New Hampshire
- Object Name:
- Object ID:
- 1985.052.02
- Creator:
- Brown, Harrison Bird (1831-1915)
Artist ; Lakeside PressPrinter - Place of Origin:
- Portland, ME
- Date:
- 1890
- Description:
- Photogravure of The Heart of the Notch, White Mountains of New Hampshire, Maine Central Railroad, from painting by Harrison Bird Brown (1831-1915), printed by Lakeside Press for Maine Central Railroad, 1890. Ink on paper. View is looking north through Crawford Notch, with Willey Brook Bridge in left foreground. Landscape of the White Mountains with a gorge in left foreground and right background, crossed by railroad trestle at left. Queen Anne-style house (Mount Willard Section House) on far side of ravine, at left, with turret. Center background, a train curves along the side of Mount Willard. Signed in print, lower right corner: "HBBROWN." Printed in lower margin at left: "Painted by H.B. Brown." Center: "Copyright 1890. by Maine Central R.R." Right: "Photogravure, Lakeside Press." Title printed in center of lower margin: "THE HEART OF THE NOTCH / White Mountains of New Hampshire. / MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD." Matted. Flat profile wood frame with silvered tulip-style interior trim; glazed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-17.9 W-26 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Farwell A. Brown
- People:
- Brown, Harrison Bird (1831-1915)
- Subjects:
- Crawford Notch, White Mountains, Railroad bridges, Railroads, Mount Willard
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