Lithograph

Title:

Nashua Village, N.H. From the South

Object Name:

Lithograph

Object ID:

1995.101

Creator:

Crocker, John Denison (1822-1907)Artist; Bufford, John H. (1810-1870)Lithographer

Place of Origin:

Boston, MA

Date:

1847

Description:

Hand-colored lithograph, Nashua Village, N.H. From the South, lithographed by John H. Bufford (1810-1870), after John Denison Crocker (1822-1907), 1847. Ink and watercolor on paper. Town view with three men and a dog in foreground. House with barn and stone wall at left. Village in background. Colored in green, with red and blue highlights. Titled "NASHUA VILLAGE, N.H. FROM THE SOUTH." Text under title reads, "This village lies on both sides of the Nashua River, embracing a part of each of the two towns of Nashua and Nashville. The Concord, Nashua & Lowell, N. & Wilton, and Worcester & Nashua Railroads centre here ___ The principal manufacturing establishments are the "Nashua" and the "Jackson" (cotton goods) / Baldwin's Shuttle and Bobbin, Gage & Co. Engine, Shaft and Machinists Tool -- The Edge Tool Company -- The Iron Company (Forge) and Williams's Foundry. There are eight Churches, three Congregational, two Methodist, One Universalist, one Unitarian and one Baptist. There are four fine hotels, / Two large brick edifices for public High Schoots (sic) -- A spacious brick Depot in Nashville, and a stately Town House in Nashua. The "Union Athenaeum" has a Library and Reading Room. It is one of the most intelligenl (sic), moral, pleasant and prosperous villages in New England.". "Painted by __" in lower left corner; "Lithographed by J. H ___ St. Boston." in lower right corner. Unframed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-19.85 W-32 inches

Credit Line:

Gift of John F. Page

People:

Bufford, John H. (1810-1870), Crocker, John Denison (1822-1907)

Subjects:

Nashua, NH, Townscapes, Landscape prints, Farmhouses, Farms, Farmsteads, Lithographs