Drawing
- Title:
- Untitled
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 1983.002.40.19
- Creator:
- Rollins, Elizabeth Ffrost (1805-1880)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Durham, NH
- Date:
- 1815-1825
- Description:
- Untitled drawings, by Elizabeth Ffrost Rollins (1805-1880), 1815-1825. Pen and ink on paper. Part of collection of 32 ink and pencil drawings, watercolor paintings, and patterns. Folded sheet of paper with four geometric shapes. On front , a circle with two central, smaller circles; ink inscription, "arch with 2 foci". Interior left side, circle with a triangular pie-shaped wedge; ink inscription, "circle with an angle". Interior right side, an elongated oval with a small circle at top and bottom points; ink inscription, "Elipse of a comet". On reverse, Oval with intersecting lines; inscription lower left, "Elipse". Unsigned. Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-7.35 W-12 inches
- Provenance:
- From the Ffrost Homestead, Durham, N.H. Elizabeth Ffrost Rollins (1805-1880) was the great-great-aunt of the donors.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of George F. Sawyer and Charles H. Sawyer
- People:
- Rollins, Elizabeth Ffrost (1805-1880), Sawyer, George F. (1902-1992), Sawyer, Charles H. (1906-2005)
- Subjects:
- Circles
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