Painting
- Title:
- Front View from the Crawford House, White Mountains
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1993.008.093
- Creator:
- Bachelder, John Badger (1825-1894)
- Date:
- 1855-1875
- Description:
- Painting of Front View from the Crawford House, White Mountains, by John Badger Bachelder (1825-1894), 1855-1875. Watercolor on paper on paperboard. Panoramic view of Crawford Notch , New Hampshire from the Crawford House; Fountain in right foreground surrounded by white fence and figures; male figure running, holding a bear on a leash center; stage pulled by a team of six horses center middle ground; landscape of mountain and lake at base of mountain. Pencil inscription upper center on paperboard: "LAKE AND MOUNTAIN VIEWS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE". Below center: "FRONT VIEW FROM THE CRAWFORD HOUSE / WHITE MOUNTAINS". Signed in lower left corner: "JNO. B. BACHELDER." Numbers one through five below image with numerical key listing significant places: [left] "1 Saco Pond / 2 Mr. Webster / 3 Gate of the Notch." At right, "4 Conway Stage / 5 Carriage Returning from Mt. Willard". Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-4.75 W-8 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- Subjects:
- Crawford House, White Mountains, Hotels, Resorts
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