Drawing

Title:

Eagle Coffee House

Object Name:

Drawing

Object ID:

1960.200

Creator:

Unknown

Date:

1830-1850

Description:

Drawing of Eagle Coffee House, Concord, N.H., by unknown artist, 1830-1850. Ink and ink wash on paper. Long, three-story building with complex hipped roof and four tall chimneys; cupola near right end. Facade is 11 bays wide. Three doorways on first story at front, 2 have sidelights. Piazzas, with attenuated columns, running full length of facade on 1st and 2nd stories. Eyebrow windows at attic level. Shop sign at left end above 1st floor reading: "WILLEY & EMERY". At 3rd story level, 3 bays from right, is an arched sign reading: "EAGLE COFFEE HOUSE / JP GASS." Coach pulled by four horses stopped in front of building. Six people on 1st story piazza. Two-story projection at rear of building, visible at right and having large arched opening on 1st story. Pencil inscription at center of bottom: "Concord N.H.". Floral decoration in pencil at lower right corner (probably added at later date). Pencil inscription on reverse: "found in attic of Mrs. Olin Howe / W. Townshend / Vt c 1937". Unframed but matted.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-11.7 W-14.6 inches

Provenance:

Probably copied after Annin Smith & Co's c.1830 lithograph of the Eagle Coffee House, built 1827. For lithograph, see 1931.004.02.

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

People:

Gass, John P. (1794-1852)

Subjects:

Eagle Coffee House, Architecture, Architectural drawings, Stagecoaches, Coaches