Painting
- Title:
- Steamer Mt. Washington, Centre Harbor
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1993.008.048
- Creator:
- Bachelder, John Badger (1825-1894)
- Place of Origin:
- New Hampshire
- Date:
- 1873
- Description:
- Painting of "Steamer Mt. Washington, Centre Harbor", by John Badger Bachelder (1825-1894), 1873. Watercolor on paper. View of steam paddle wheel boat approaching harbor; village above harbor on side of hill; three waving figures on bank in foreground. Pencil inscription lower center: "From Nature by JNO, B, BACHELDER. / STEAMER MT. WASHINGTON. / CENTRE HARBOR / Lake Winnepesaukee N.H." Signed in pencil within circle, lower right corner: "Bachelder / Oct 12. 73". In Blue Sketchbook II.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-4.5 W-7.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of a collection of 111 drawings (91 watercolor, 15 pencil, 5 ink) and 13 lithographs by John B. Bachelder, depicting hotels and scenes in White Mountains and Lakes Region of NH, as well as other resort areas of New England, NY, and PA. Collection includes notebook with pencil drawings of Bachelder's house in MA.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- Subjects:
- Steamer, Center Harbor, NH, Steamships
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