Drawing
- Title:
- Brentwood 1705 The Old Homestead
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 1956.105
- Creator:
- Snow, Stanley W. (1901-1957)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Rockingham County, NH
- Date:
- circa 1950
- Description:
- Drawing of Brentwood 1705 The Old Homestead, by Stan Snow (d. 1957), c. 1950. Pen and ink on paper. Two-story, gable roofed house with central chimney. One-story enclosed porch at center of 5 bay facade; doorway at front of porch with pediment and pilasters. Large tree with bare branches in front of house to left of doorway. Large evergreen at right near front corner of house. A row of bushes extending across entire scene in foreground. A one-story wing on rear of house, partially visible at back left corner. Sign over front door reading: "Old / Homestead / 1705". Birds in sky at left. Signed lower right: "Stan / Snow". Blue ink inscription on reverse: "Brentwood The Old Homestead 1705 Mr. & Mrs. Roger J. Bacon". Below in blue ink: "Brentwood 1705 / The Old Homestead". Paper makers embossed stamp upper left corner of sheet (partial): "STR[ ]OPE / USE EITHER SIDE". Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-14.55 W-11.5 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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