Engraving
- Title:
- The Mount Washington Road
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 1992.078.01
- Creator:
- Fenn, Harry (1837-1911)
Engraver ; Hunt, Samuel V.Engraver ; D. Appleton & CompanyEngraver - Place of Origin:
- New York
- Date:
- 1872
- Description:
- Engraving, hand-colored, of "The Mount Washington Road", engraved by Samuel V. Hunt (1803-1893), after Harry Fenn (1837-1911), published by D. Appleton & Company in "Picturesque America Vol. I," 1872. Bare trees in foreground. Steep, rocky cliff with buildings and curving dirt roads; horse and carriage upper left. Mountains and clouds in background. Lower left corner, in margin: "H. FENN" Center: "Entered According to Act of Congress, A. B. 1872, by D. Appleton & Co. in the office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington." Right corner, in margin: "S.V. HUNT". Lower center margin, titled: "The Mount Washington Road / (White Mountains) / New York. D. Appleton & Co." Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-12.875 W-9.625 inches
- Provenance:
- 21 engravings, most hand-colored, of NH scenes, from periodicals and books. Including White Mountain scenes, Red Hill, Meredith, Franklin Pierce, Gov. Haile, Concord, Hilton Head (Civil War), and Mt. Washington in winter. Two scenes after W.H. Bartlett and two after Harry Fenn.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- Subjects:
- Mount Washington Road, Mount Washington
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