Engraving
- Title:
- Confluence of Saco and Swift Rivers, Conway and East Mountain from Robbe's Hill Peterborough
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 1990.001.744
- Date:
- 1871
- Description:
- Engravings, two, hand-colored, wood, on one sheet, Confluence of Saco and Swift Rivers, Conway and East Mountain From Robbe's Hill, Peterborough, 1871. Ink and watercolor on paper. Both engravings have rounded upper corners. Top margin reads: 1871 SCENES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE 289". Upper engraving is labeled: "CONFLUENCE OF SACO AND SWIFT RIVERS, CONWAY." Signed lower left: "ACW". Two rivers converging. Left background, standing on a wooden bridge over river is a fisherman and some women spectators. Lower engraving labeled: EAST MOUNTAIN FROM ROBBE'S HILL, PETERBOROUGH / IN NEW HAMPSHIRE." At left, a man carrying a scythe and his dog approaching a house at right with a rooster out front. People can be seen departing down the hill toward East Mountain in the bottom center. Signed lower center: "BOB BETT Sc." On reverse printed text of "An Englishman's Impressions of America" from March 11. Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-10.875 W-7.75 inches
- Provenance:
- 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
- Subjects:
- Conway, NH, East Mountain, Peterborough, NH, Robbe's Hill, Saco River, Swift River, Farming, fisherman
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