Print

Title:

Exeter, N.H.

Object Name:

Print

Object ID:

1967.067.06

Creator:

Wellge, Henry (1850-1917); Norris, George E. (1855-1926)Artist

Place of Origin:

Brockton, MA

Date:

1884

Description:

Photomechanical print, bird's-eye view of Exeter, N.H., drawn by Henry Wellge (1850-1917), lithographed and published by Norris & Wellge, 1884. Ink and watercolor on paper. Aerial view of the town of Exeter with the Squamscott River / Exeter River flowing from upper right edge to lower center edge; ships on river. Residential and commercial buildings surround riverbank on right and spread left; railroad track with train running horizontally from upper right to upper left. Title lower margin at center: "EXETER, N.H. / County Seat of Rockingham County. / 1884." Signed lower center foreground on river: "H. WELLGE. DEL." Below image at center: "PUBLISHED & COPYRIGHTED BY NORRIS & WELLGE-BROCKTON, MASS." Key in four columns lower margin. First column "1. First Congregational Church. / 2. Second Congregational Church. / 3. Baptist Church. / 4. Methodist Church. / 5. Episcopal Church. / 6. Unitarian Church. / 7. Catholic Church. / 8. Advent Church. / 9. Philips Exeter Academy. / A. Gorham Hall. B, Abbott Hall. / 10. Robinson Female Seminary. / 11. High and Grammar Schools." Second column: " 12. Graded Schools. / 13. Public Library. / 14. County Court House and Town Hall. / 15. County Offices. / 16. County Jail. / 17. Post Office. / 18. Exeter Gazette. / 19. Exeter 'News Letter'. / 20. Granite State National Bank. / 21. Squamscott Savings Bank. / 22. Union 5c. Savings Bank. / 23. Gorham Hall Hotel." Third column: "24. Granite House. / 25. American House. / 26. Restaurant, B. & M. Station, C. C. & R. A. Little- / field, Proprietors. / 27. Exeter Mf'g. Co's Mills, Hervey Kent, Treasurer / and Agent. / 28. Exeter Machine Works, Wm. Burlingame, Agent. / 29. Exeter Brass Works, Eben Folsom & Co. / 30. Gale Bros, Shoe manufactory. / 31. Carman's Machine Works. / 32. Exeter Grist Mill." Fourth column: "33. Brown & Warren, Saw and Planing Mill. / 34. J. A. Fogg, Carriage Shop. / 35. J. M. Clark, [ditto marks] / 36. Exeter Tile Works. / 37. Exeter Coal Co.'s Office and Wharves, Geo. W. Clark, / Manager. / 38. Fernalds' Wharf. / 39. Exeter Marble Works, C. F. Greeley. / 40. Marble Shop, Thomas R. Davis. / 41. Granite Works, C. H. Gray. / 42. Blacksmith, Geo. W. Green. / 43. Manley Darling Carriage Repair Shops." Molded wood frame with acrylic glazing .

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-19.625 W-25 inches

Provenance:

The bird's-eye view of Exeter, NH, sold by subscription for $2.00 each; as advertised in the "Exeter Gazette," Oct. 24, 1884.

Credit Line:

Gift of Dartmouth College

People:

Norris, George E. (1855-1926), Wellge, Henry (1850-1917)

Subjects:

Exeter, NH, Townscapes, Bird's-eye view prints, Lithographs