Drawing

Title:

Untitled

Object Name:

Drawing

Object ID:

1943.004

Creator:

Perry, Maria E. (1826-1849)

Place of Origin:

Dublin, NH

Date:

1846-1849

Description:

Drawing. Untitled landscape of Dublin, NH, by Maria E. Perry (1826-1849), 1846-1849. Pencil on paper. View of a town with fields and buildings along both sides of a curving road which extends diagonally downhill from left of center at rear to right foreground. Two meeting houses at right of road in background. A cluster of buildings between the two meeting houses; two dwellings at opposite side of road. A two-story hipped roof dwelling with attached sheds at rear in left foreground; partially visible house of similar type but with more elaborate trim on opposite side of road together with a shop and a 1 1/2 story dwelling. Wooden fences and stone walls usually bordering road and fields, sometimes accompanied with trees. Forested area on hill to right of meeting houses. Hay wagon in one field at left; coach, pulled by four horses, on road in foreground; horse-drawn vehicles outside shop; wagon halfway down hill; pedestrians near top of hill. On reverse, pencil sketches of several buildings. Illegible embossed stamp from paper maker, lower right corner. Matted and unframed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-13.9 W-18 inches

Provenance:

This drawing was said to have been drawn by Maria E. Perry (1826-1849) of Dublin, NH, whose sister Lydia S. Gowing (1829- ?) was the donor's great grandmother.

Credit Line:

Gift of Hildreth M. Allison

People:

Perry, Maria E. (1826-1849), Allison, Hildreth M.

Subjects:

Stagecoaches, Stone walls, Churches