Engraving

Title:

October in the White Mountains

Object Name:

Engraving

Object ID:

1992.078.08

Creator:

Brown, Walter F.

Date:

1874

Description:

Engraving, wood, hand-colored, of "October in the White Mountains", by Walter F. Brown, published in Harper's Weekly, October 31, 1874. 12 small engravings. Each illustration has a separate caption. Image upper left corner: "Hay Fever- / Patients on the Cars / En Route for the Mts." Left side middle image: "This gentleman is traveling / entirely for Pleasure" Bottom left: "Boarders on a Buck - Board". Image top middle: " 'Oh! With Pleasure' / 'I calculate you young gents wouldn't mind / ridin inside to 'commidate two ladies' ". Center small image top "On the Summit / (Tip-Top Exercise.)" Below that is another small image: "I afraid, Oh! No! Only / just a little bit apprehensive." Text on same image "On Mt. Washington R.R. " Another small image below that : "Oh! How lovely!" Next to that is a small image. Over that image: "Alas! They were Ivy." Below that same image: "Autumn Leaves" Bottom center image: "Maple Sugar." Upper right corner image: "Picturesque Hay Cart common to the Mts." Right side middle image: "Bridal couple? / Oh: No Only common / politeness to prevent / the lady's hitting her / head. Those mountain / wagons do jolt so". Bottom right corner image: "A 'Straw Ride' ". Titled right [or lower] margin: "October in the White Mountains." Signed lower right [or left]: "Walter F. Brown." Page 892 from "Harper's Weekly", October 31, 1874. Unframed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-10.1 W-15.2 inches

Provenance:

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

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase

People:

Brown, Walter F.

Subjects:

Hay Cart, Hay Ride, Maple Sugar, Straw Ride, White Mountains, Mount Washington, Cog railroads, Cog Railway