Painting
- Title:
- The Haunt of the Saw Hims
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1995.085
- Creator:
- Young, James Harvey (1830-1918)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- New Hampshire
- Date:
- 1881
- Description:
- Painting, landscape, "The Haunt of the Saw Hims", by James Harvey Young (1830-1918), 1881. Oil on canvas. Scene of ice fishing on snow-covered Lake Winnipesaukee. Two ice fishermen, wearing brown clothing, in foreground by fishing holes. Gray bobhouse with several figures right middle ground. Mountains in the background. Inscribed on the reverse: "'The Haunt of the Saw Hims'. / Sketch - Morning after a Storm. / Lake Winnipisseogee / March 1881 Sawmo Himni. / Presented to / I.H. Pope/ by J.H. Young, 1882 / Pinxit." Stretcher bears label of art supply shop: "A. A. WALKER & CO. / IMPORTING / ARTISTS' COLORMEN, / 594 Washington Street / [Bos]ton." Gilded gesso over molded wood frame.
- Material:
- Textile
Canvas - Dimensions:
- H-14.125 W-28.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Painting purchased from art dealer, Comenos Fine Arts.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- Young, James Harvey (1830-1918)
- Subjects:
- Bobhouse, Fishing, Ice Fishing, Lake Winnipesaukee, Landscape paintings, Saw Hims, Sawmo Himni, Winter
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