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Drawing

Title:
The Old Miller House
Object Name:
Drawing
Object ID:
1956.116
Creator:
Snow, Stanley W. (1901-1957)Artist
Place of Origin:
Rockingham County, NH
Date:
circa 1950
Description:
Drawing of The Old Miller House, by Stan Snow (d. 1957), c. 1950. Pen and ink on paper. Two-story house with gable roof and central chimney. Five bay facade with central doorway having a transom, pilasters and flat entablature. Simpler doorway, with flat entablature and transom, on right end. Lawn in foreground. Foliage of large tree visible at right edge of scene just above roof. Woods in background. Signed lower right: "Stan / Snow". Blue ink inscription on the reverse: "Seabrook The Old Miller House Abraham J. Miller Nearly 200 yrs. old --4 fire places. / 1793". Pencil inscription below: "Seabrook, N. H. / Abraham J. Miller / Nearly 200 years old -4 fire places" Black ink inscription below both inscriptions:"The Old Miller House". Unframed.
Material:
Paper
Dimensions:
H-14.5 W-11.6 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 (Mass.) Gazette, 1955-56.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Haverhill Gazette
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