Engraving
- Title:
- Summer Pleasures in the White Mountains - A 'Straw Ride' of City Visitors
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 1990.001.779
- Creator:
- Leslie, Frank (1821-1880)
- Date:
- 1883
- Description:
- Wood engraving, uncolored. New Hampshire. -Summer Pleasures in the White Mountains -A 'Straw Ride' of City Visitors, unknown artist, 1883. Published in "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper" on July 28, 1883 on page 372. Six women and seven men are riding in a hay wagon, plus a male driver. Riders are fanning themselves, blowing horns, eating, talking, and making a commotion. An older woman looks on in horror. Mountains are seen in the background as is a house in the distance on the right. Signed lower left, in a monogram of a "G" and "D". Inscription lower center margin: "New Hampshire. - Summer Pleasures in the White Mountains - A 'Straw Ride' of City Visitors. - see page 371". Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-11.75 W-16.25 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:
- Straw Ride, White Mountains, Hayrides
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