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Drawing

Title:
Senior High Building, Nashua, N.H.
Object Name:
Drawing
Object ID:
1995.622.04
Creator:
Granger, Alfred T.; Alfred T. Granger AssociatesArchitect
Date:
circa 1940
Description:
Drawing of the Senior High Building, Nashua, N.H., by Alfred T. Granger, c. 1940. Pencil on paperboard. Large three-story building; main entrance is four stories tall, slightly projects with four pilasters and pediment; the main door has a broken-arch pediment with urn. Two projecting wings at ends with doorways and porticos; cartouches and swags on tympanum. Six large trees and grassy lawn; figures in suits walk toward entrances. Signed lower left: "A. T. GRANGER". Pencil inscription lower left corner: "(2 pellets) Senior High School Building (2 pellets) / (2 pellets) Nashua) (pellet) N. H. (2 pellets). In the illustration lower right corner is a rectangular block 2 lines: "WELLS, HUDSON & GRANGER / HANOVER - ARCHITECTS - N.H." Two partial maker's mark stamps on reverse in rectangle: "SPAULDING ART BOARD / [emblem is a profile of man sitting on stool leaning over drafting board] Spaulding - Moss Company / Established 1886 / For Water-Color and / Pen Sketching / Thin and Thick - 30"x40" - 20"x30" / The Artists' Shop / SPAULDING-MOSS CO. / BOSTON". Unframed.
Material:
Paper
Dimensions:
H-14.8 W-35.35 inches
Credit Line:
New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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