Engraving

Title:

View of Red Hill from Lake Winnipiseogee, Scene on Lake Winnipiseogee, New Hampshire and Old Mill, North Conway, New Hampshire

Object Name:

Engraving

Object ID:

1992.078.06

Creator:

Culick; Kilburn, Samuel S., Jr.Engraver; Baker, William J.Engraver

Place of Origin:

Boston, MA

Date:

1855

Description:

Engravings, uncolored, sheet with three, of "View of Red Hill from Lake Winnipiseogee, Scene on Lake Winnipiseogee, New Hampshire and Old Mill, North Conway, New Hampshire" by Culick, Samuel S. Kilburn (1813-1903), and William J. Baker (fl. 1847-1855) published in "Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion," 1855. Upper image, lake with boaters, tall pine tree to left, mountain in right background. Titled: "View of Red Hill from Lake Winnipiseogee" all caps. Lower right, signed: "CULICK ENGr" Center image, lake with dead tree in foreground, houses, churches and smokestack on opposite shore, mountains in background. Titled: "Scene on Lake Winnipiseogee, New Hampshire" under central image all caps. Signed, lower left "KILBURN DEL" and center, "W. J. BAKER". Lower image, river with rocks in foreground, wooden mill in background partly obscured by trees. Titled: "Old Mill, North Conway, New Hampshire" under bottom image all caps. In the lower left is an artist's signature: "W. J. BAKER". Page 313 from "Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion.", 1855. Unframed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-15 W-10.2 inches

Provenance:

21 engravings, most hand-colored, of NH scenes, from periodicals and books.

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase

People:

Kilburn, Samuel S., Jr. (1831-1903), Baker, William J.

Subjects:

Lake Winnipesaukee, Lake Winnipiseogee, North Conway, NH, Old Mill, Red Hill