Drawing

Title:

E. Newton Gavin's House 1749

Object Name:

Drawing

Object ID:

1956.109

Creator:

Snow, Stanley W. (1901-1957)Artist

Place of Origin:

Rockingham County, NH

Date:

circa 1950

Description:

Drawing of E. Newton Gavin's House 1749, by Stan Snow (d.1957), c. 1950. Pen and ink on paper. Two-story house with a hipped roof and one chimney. Two five bay facades visible, each with a central doorway having pilasters, sidelights, flat entablature and glass in door. House located on a corner where one road or driveway joins another which passes diagonally across scene in foreground. Mailbox at far corner of intersection. On lawn between corner of house and mailbox is a post with hanging sign reading: "Glen Gavin". Plants and shrubs in yard. Vine arching over door at right. Woods in background. Foliage of a large tree visible at each side of the scene. Birds in sky. Signed lower center: "Stan / Snow". Upper left corner embossed stamp: "STRATHMORE" around the top edge; bottom edge: "USE EITHER SIDE". Printed in blue ink across the top on reverse: "E Newton Gavin's House 1749". Below that in pencil script: "Gavins House / Newton, N. H." Unframed

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-14.5 W-11.55 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

People:

Gavin, Glen, Snow, Stanley W. (1901-1957)