Lithograph

Title:

Amoskeag Falls, Manchester, N.H.

Object Name:

Lithograph

Object ID:

1993.008.119

Creator:

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

Place of Origin:

Published New York, NY

Date:

1856

Description:

Lithograph, Amoskeag Falls, Manchester, N.H., lithographed by Endicott Company (1856-1886), after John Badger Bachelder (1825-1894), 1856. Ink on paper with blue or gray tint stone. View of river logging on the Amoskeag Falls. Group of men at right, stand on rocks, pulling log (that is jammed) by a rope attached to a pulley. Man observes from rock at left. Two men drive flat barge at upper falls to the left. Two figures in boat, middle ground right. Male and female figures walk on bridge to retaining wall at center. View of Manchester in background. Printed above image in upper margin: "No. 15. / ALBUM OF NEW ENGLAND SCENERY." Lower left, under image: "J. B. BACHELDER". Lower right, below image: "LITH. OF ENDICOTT Co. N.Y." Titled in lower margin, center: "FROM THE AMOSKEAG BRIDGE / DOWNWARD VIEW / AMOSKEAG FALLS, MANCHESTER, N.H. / To the Citizens of Manchester this picture is most respectfully dedicated by the Publisher / Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1856 by J.B. Bachelder in the Clerks Office of the District of N. Hampshire. [facsimile signature] "Jno. B. Bachelder / 59 Beekman St. New York." Unframed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-14.95 W-19.9 inches

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase

People:

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

Subjects:

Amoskeag Bridge, Amoskeag Falls, Manchester, NH, Logging, Industrialization, Industry, Townscapes