Lithograph

Title:

Manchester N.H.

Object Name:

Lithograph

Object ID:

1998.501.02

Creator:

Bachelder, John Badger (1825-1894); Endicott Company

Date:

1855

Description:

Hand-colored lithograph, Manchester N.H., lithographed by Endicott Company (1852-1886), after John Badger Bachelder (1825-1894), 1855. Ink and watercolor on paper. Slightly elevated view of Manchester, NH. Four figures sitting on ground in right foreground. Field with trees middle ground; horse, rider, and carriages on road curving through field. River with bridge; mill buildings and houses on opposite bank. Low mountains in background. Upper margin, above image, at center: "No. 1. / ALBUM OF NEW ENGLAND SCENERY." Lower left, below image: "FROM A PAINTING BY J.B. BACHELDER." Lower right, below image: "LITH OF ENDICOTT Co. N.Y." Lower center in margin, includes seal of City of Manchester: "MANCHESTER N. H. / To the Citizens of Manchester this picture is [seal] most respectfully dedicated by the Publisher / Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by J.B. Bachelder in the Clerks Office of the District Court of New Hampshire." Locations are numbered 1 to 16 under image. Key on left: "1 Blodgett Paper Co. / 2 Mechanics Row. / 3 Boston Concord Rail Road. / 4 Manchester Locomotive Works. / 5 Stark Mills No. 1 2. / 6 City Hall. / 7 Amoskeag Locomotive Works. / 8 Amoskeag Mills No. 1 2 3 4 5". Key on right: "9 Rail Road Passenger Station. / 10 Manchester Print Works Mills Nos. 1 2. / 11 Freight Station. / 12 Manchester Print Works. / 13 Manchester Iron Co. / 14 Granite Bridge. / 15 Manchester Lawrence R.R. / 16 Wiers. On reverse, handwritten in blue pencil: [F?] Nordstrom / Dealer in Rare Prints / Arlington, Mass." Below that in pencil: "1915". Unframed.
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Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-15 W-19.9 inches

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

People:

Endicott Company, Bachelder, John Badger (1825-1894)

Subjects:

Manchester NH, Industry, Industrialization, Factories, Factory buildings, Mills, Townscapes