Sketchbook

Object Name:

Sketchbook

Object ID:

1979.019.02

Creator:

Whittle, Mary P. (1833-1917) -- Artist

Place of Origin:

Weare, NH/Nashua, NH

Date:

circa 1845

Description:

Sketchbook. Drawn by Mary P. Whittle (1833-1917), Weare, NH. "Drawing Book / Miss M. P. Whittle / Wear Centre / N.H. / Ladies Seminary Nashua / Mrs. Ellis, Principal / Miss L. Dewey 1st Assistant / Miss Ramsdell 2nd Assistant." written in pencil on right side of front cover. Light blue cardboard cover with flowers, leaves and vines stamped on surface. Pencil drawings on paper: identified buildings, including homes of James Polk, Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and Franklin Pierce; three "Houses of our ancestors"; and "HAT FACTORY / A.H. PUTNEY / At Portland Me."; one unidentified house; and study of a tree. Also a watercolor of a rose. Six pages interleaved with sheets of green tissue.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-7.8 W-10 inches

Provenance:

Collection of objects from the Sawyer, Whittle, and Woodbury families, donated by their descendants, sisters Ruth A. Woodbury (1902-1985) and Dorcas Woodbury L. Woodbury (1907-1980). Mary P. (Whittle) Prescott (1833-1917) was the great-aunt of the donors, Ruth A. Woodbury and Dorcas L. Woodbury.

Credit Line:

Gift of Ruth A. Woodbury and Dorcas L. Woodbury

People:

Whittle, Mary P. (1833-1917), Prescott, Joseph W. (1824-1888), Ellis, Josephine M. (1808-1879), Dewey, Lucinda R. (1824-1877), Woodbury, Ruth A. (1902-1985), Woodbury, Dorcas L. (1907-1980)

Subjects:

Drawing, Education, Women's education, Sketchbooks, Roses, Houses, Historic buildings, Hat industry