Drawing

Title:

Willey House

Object Name:

Drawing

Object ID:

1972.050.03 a

Creator:

Tappan, Sarah P. (1833-1903)Artist; Whitney, Josiah D. (1819-1896)Artist; Cook, Charles (1812-1863)Lithographer

Date:

1847

Description:

Drawing. Landscape view of the Willey House, by Sara Parker Tappan (1833-1903), Hampton, NH; 1847. Copied from original drawing by Josiah D. Whitney (1819-1896), lithographed by Charles Cook (1812-1863), and published in Final Report on the Geology and Mineralogy of the State of New Hampshire..., 1844. Pencil on paper. View showing the Crawford Notch home of the 1826 landslide victims. Two large rocks in foreground with tree left. Barn right middle ground. Road crossing from center foreground past left end of barn. House left middle ground with gabled-end entry. Mountains rising in the middle and background. Ink inscription in center lower margin: "Willey House" and "Sarah P. Toppan / Fall term 1847" at right. Paper embossed with manufacturer's stamp at lower right corner: "EXTRA SUPER FINE BOARD / LONDON". Unframed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-9.7 W-11.9 inches

Provenance:

Sarah P. (Tappan) Healey's daughter Alice Grafton Healey (1867-1932) married Frank M. Cilley (1866-1958). The drawing was sold to the donor by the Cilley family of Exeter, NH.

Credit Line:

Gift of Harley Kaiser

People:

Tappan, Sarah P. (1833-1903), Whitney, Josiah D. (1819-1896), Cook, Charles (1812-1863)

Subjects:

Willey House, White Mountains, Women's education, Tourists