Engraving

Title:

New Hampshire Historical Society

Object Name:

Engraving

Object ID:

1979.057

Creator:

Miller, Randy (b. 1948)Engraver

Place of Origin:

Mason, NH

Date:

1979

Description:

Wood engraving, New Hampshire Historical Society, by Randy Miller, 1979. Ink on paper. New Hampshire Historical Society's library building. A stone building with one principal story, in addition to basement, visible from exterior; a nine bay facade with Doric entablature; an ornamented parapet concealing except for upward projecting skylights and anthemion designs (one of which actually conceals a chimney); end pavillions each with a Doric portico (distyle in antis); and a pair of sculptured human figures above an Ionic central doorway. Lamp posts with triple lights flanking entrance at bottom of a flight of steps. Lawn in foreground; a paved walk leading from center foreground directly back toward entrance stairs. Trees beyond building at both edges of scene. Birds and clouds in sky. Initials "RM" at lower right. Size of composition within borders: 3" x 5.1". Titled, numbered, and signed in pencil in lower margin: "New Hampshire Historical Society" (at left); 1/100 (at center); and "Randy Miller" (at right). Neither matted nor framed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-6.5 W-9.95 inches

Provenance:

Print commissioned by the New Hampshire Historical Society in a limited edition, for donors of $150.00 or more to the 1979 Annual Appeal. Produced in connection with the exhibition that opened in January 1980, on the construction of the Society's building. A copy of this print was pictured, and its availability announced, in NHHS Newsletter, Fall-Winter 1979.

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase

People:

Miller, Randy (1948- ), Nichols, H., French, Daniel Chester (1850-1931), Lowell, Guy (1870-1927)

Subjects:

Concord, NH, Architecture, New Hampshire Historical Society