Lithograph
- Title:
- Profile Mountain at Franconia, New Hampshire
- Object Name:
- Lithograph
- Object ID:
- 1924.003.15
- Creator:
- Sprague, Isaac (1811-1895)
Artist ; Bufford, John H. (1810-1870)Lithographer - Place of Origin:
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Date:
- 1847
- Description:
- Lithograph of Profile Mountain at Franconia, New Hampshire. Ink on paper. Dirt road in foreground lined with trees and ferns. At left foreground, a rock and a post with illegible sign. Profile Lake in middle ground; man sits on lake shore with his back toward viewer. Tree-covered mountain in background, surrounded by low-lying clouds, above which the profile of the Old Man of the Mountain is silhouetted against the sky. Drawn by Isaac Sprague (1811-1895), lithographed by John H. Bufford (1810-1870), published in "Scenery of the White Mountains" by William Oakes (1799-1848). Printed signature at left, under image: "Drawn by I. Sprague". At right: "J.H. Bufford's Lith." Title lower margin: "PROFILE MOUNTAIN AT FRANCONIA, NEW HAMPSHIRE. / Oakes' White Mountain Scenery, Plate 9. / Entered accord to act of Congress in the year 1847 by Wm. Oakes in the Clerks office of the District Court of Massachusetts." Matted. Molded wood frame with acrylic glazing.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-12 W-9.25 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mabelle Furst Greenleaf, in memory of Charles Henry Greenleaf and Edith Greenleaf
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