Drawing
- Title:
- Capt. A.K. Brown, Manchester N. Hampshire U.S.A.
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 1997.016.21
- Creator:
- Drews, William
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Klondike
- Date:
- 1898-1899
- Description:
- Drawing. Portrait of Alpheus K. Brown (1841-1905), Manchester NH; by William Drews, 1898-1899. Pencil on paper. Depicts a man at a table, with the caption, "Capt., A.K. Brown, Manchester / N. Hampshire. / U.S.A. / taken in his cabin 13 Miles above Fort Liard winter / 1898 and 1899. / by his partner Wm Drews". Image depicts man sitting on a low wooden 3-legged stool, at a table; the table is a board set upon a sawhorse. The man is leaning toward the table, with his hands clasped, and holding something -- perhaps a pipe. Man has long beard, mustache, and curly hair. Man's attire includes shirt, pants, and moccasins. Laid paper, folded in thirds. Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-7.8 W-5 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of a collection of items from Eaton / French family of Danville, NH, donated by descendant, Halcyon Hobbs Springer (b.1932), Boxford, MA. Captain Alpheus K. Brown (1841-1905) of Manchester, NH was a gold prospector with William Drews on the Liard River in the Klondike, 1898-1899.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Halcyon Hobbs Springer, in Memory of her grandmother, Minnie Douglas Smith
- Subjects:
- Gold rushes, Gold miners, Gold mining
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