Drawing
- Title:
- Atlantic Cable Station, Rye Beach
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 1946.018.46
- Place of Origin:
- Rye Beach, NH
- Date:
- 1877
- Description:
- Drawing of Atlantic Cable Station, Rye Beach, 1877. Pencil on paper. Second-Empire style house with mansard roof and several chimneys. Roof has widow's walk and two dormers.Two projecting windows flanking central door with hood at front. Left side has four partially shuttered windows. Outbuilding or rear addition with hipped roof, two windows, and a door at back. House is surrounded by solid fence, tree at left, stone wall, and sandy dunes.Telegraph and flag pole at right. Penciled lower right corner: "Direct Cable Station Rye Beach / Sep. 8. 1 p.m. 1877" Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-6.5 W-9.95 inches
- Provenance:
- Donor is grandson of John Burgum (1826-1907) and Emma Gannell (1826-1923), the adopted daughter of Countess Rumford. Donor's father was Edwin Gannell Burgum (1858-1948).
- Credit Line:
- The Edwin G. Burgum Collection
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