Engraving
- Title:
- Notch House, White Mountains
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 1990.001.764
- Creator:
- Throop, Orramel H. (b. 1798)
Engraver ; Wadsworth, Daniel (1771-1848)Artist - Place of Origin:
- New York
- Date:
- circa 1826
- Description:
- Engraving of Notch House, White Mountains, engraved by Orramel H. Throop (b. 1798), c. 1826, after drawing by Daniel Wadsworth (1771-1848). Ink on paper, uncolored. A house and barn are pictured on field in left middle ground with mountains in background. Inscription lower margins: "Eng.d by O.H.Throop.172 Broadway, N.Y / NOTCH HOUSE. / White Mountains." Pencil inscription lower right: "1841". Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-3.75 W-5.9 inches
- Provenance:
- Published in Theodore Dwight, The Northern Traveller...with the Tour of New England, 1826. Depicts the Notch House, where the Willey family lived, prior to the tragic landslide of August 1826. This is the only known image of the valley created before the slide.
Part of a large collection of White Mountain material compiled and bequeathed by Catherine H. Campbell, including paintings, drawings, photographs, and printed materials. - Credit Line:
- Bequest of Catherine H. Campbell
- People:
- Throop, Orramel H.
- Subjects:
- Notch House, White Mountains
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