Lithograph

Title:

(Eagle Coffee House) Concord, N.H.

Object Name:

Lithograph

Object ID:

1931.004.02

Creator:

Annin, Smith & Company -- Engraver

Place of Origin:

Boston, MA

Date:

circa 1830

Description:

Hand-colored lithograph, (Eagle Coffee House) Concord, N.H., by Annin, Smith & Co., c. 1830. Ink and watercolor on paper. Vignette showing a long three-story building with four tall chimneys; cupola near right end; hipped roof. Facade is eleven bays wide. Three doorways on front of first story, two having fan-and sidelights. Piazzas with attenuated columns running full length of facade on first and second stories. Shop signs at left end of building reading: "WILLEY & EMERY" on ground floor; "GENTLEMENS CLOTHING STORE" above. At third story level, three bays from right, is an arched sign, with a spread eagle on top, reading: "EAGLE COFFEE HOUSE / J.P. GASS". Wooden parapet at eaves. Coach, pulled by four horses, stopped in front of building. Eight people on first story piazza. Grass in foreground on near side of street. Two story projection at rear of building, seen on right end, having large arched opening on first story. General coloration: building, off-white; piazzas, pale green; road brown; foliage green; sky blue and white; coach black and yellow with red wheels; clothing, yellow, blue and brown. Composition oval in shape. Title and publication information printed in lower margin: "CONCORD, N.H." above which is: "Annin, Smith & Co.'s Lith.Y [superscript "y"] BOSTON". "3 / 10 / -" written in pencil on reverse, together with other pencil inscriptions. Matted. Unframed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-12.15 W-19.3 inches

Provenance:

The Eagle Coffee House in Concord, NH, built in 1827, was owned by John P. Gass from 1829 to 1834.

Credit Line:

Gift of Harold Murdock

People:

Gass, John P. (1794-1852), Murdock, Harold (1862-1934)

Subjects:

Eagle Coffee House