Drawing

Title:

Kingston Josiah Bartlett House 1774

Object Name:

Drawing

Object ID:

1956.106

Creator:

Snow, Stanley W. (1901-1957)Artist

Place of Origin:

Rockingham County, NH

Date:

circa 1950

Description:

Drawing of Kingston Josiah Bartlett House 1774, by Stan Snow (d.1957), c. 1950. Pen and ink on paper. A two-story "double house" having gabled roof and two chimneys. Five bay facade with corner pilasters and a central doorway, having pilasters, sidelights and flat entablature. A one-story porch extending full depth of house on left end; porch has a shed roof supported on four columns of rectangular section. At left rear corner is attached a two-story, gable roofed wing which has corner pilasters, one chimney, and extends beyond left end of main house. Barn visible beyond wing. Lawn in foreground. Curved driveway at left edge leading to barn. Small bush on each side of door. Small tree to left. Large tree partially visible at right edge of scene. Signed lower right: "Stan / Snow". "73" in pen with circle around it lower right corner. Blue ink inscription on reverse: "Kingston Josiah Bartlett House 1774", same inscription below in pencil. Unframed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-14.55 W-11.65 inches

Provenance:

One of a set of 22 drawings of historic buildings in Rockingham County, NH, drawn by Stan Snow (d. 1957) of Hampstead, NH, and published in the Haverhill (MA) Gazette, 1955-56.

Credit Line:

Gift of the Haverhill Gazette

People:

Bartlett, Josiah (1728-1795), Snow, Stanley W. (1901-1957)