Drawing

Title:

Sandown Old Sanborn House - Odell Road Built before the Revolution

Object Name:

Drawing

Object ID:

1956.119

Creator:

Snow, Stanley W. (1901-1957)Artist

Place of Origin:

Rockingham County, NH

Date:

circa 1950

Description:

Drawing of Sandown Old Sanborn House - Odell Road Built before the Revolution, by Stan Snow (d.1957), c. 1950. Pen and ink on paper. Two-story house with gable roof and a single chimney, located beyond the ridge and to left of center. Five bay facade with central doorway having sidelights, pilasters and flat entablature. Simpler doorway on left end. Two-story ell attached at rear and visible at left. Bulkhead on left end of ell. Road running diagonally across foreground. Lawn in front of house. Driveway crossing lawn at right angles to road, joining it at right. Small evergreens at right of front door and at left end of house. Foliage at right edge of scene. Signed lower right: "Stan / Snow". Upper left corner is an embossed stamp circular : "Stratmore" "Use either side". Blue ink inscription on reverse: "Sandown Old Sanborn House-Odell Road Built before the Revolution." Below that in pencil script: "Sandown (underlined) / Old Sanborn House - O'dell Road / Build before the Revolution." Unframed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-14.45 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

People:

Snow, Stanley W. (1901-1957)