Sketchbook
- Title:
- Sketches
- Object Name:
- Sketchbook
- Object ID:
- 1992.077.01
- Creator:
- Swett, Mary -- Artist
- Place of Origin:
- Deerfield, NH
- Date:
- 1902-1910
- Description:
- Sketchbook of Mary B. Swett, pencil on paper. One of two. Cloth-bound sketchbook, entitled "Sketches" on cover. Contains many pencil sketches, mostly portraits, many identified. Also includes flowers, anatomical details, landscapes (such as Lake Pleasant in Deerfield), pussy willows, and a pine cone. Mostly undated, but one is dated 1902 and two are dated 1904. Signed inside front cover, "M.B. Swett." with "CHS" monogram, in pencil. Some sketches signed "MBS". Retailer's printed label inside front cover: "FROM / FRANK P. MACE, / BOOKSELLER & STATIONER, / AGENT FOR / Rubber Business Stamps, / Notary and Lodge Seals, / 86 NO. MAIN ST., / CONCORD, N. H."
- Material:
- Paper
Textile - Dimensions:
- H-5.65 W-9 D-0.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Mary Bertha Swett (1883-1914) was the daughter of Byron Swett (1853-1926) of Deerfield, NH. She died of tuberculosis, unmarried.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- Swett, Mary Bertha (1883-1914)
- Subjects:
- Anatomy, Flowers, Landscapes, Lettering, Sketchbooks, Drawings, Sketches, Pine cones, Lakes & ponds, Portrait drawings
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