Painting
- Title:
- N.H. State Prison
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 2006.004
- Creator:
- Moore, Henry P. (1835-1911)
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1850
- Description:
- Landscape painting, New Hampshire State Prison, by Henry P. Moore (1835-1911), 1850. Oil on canvas applied to masonite. Front view of gray split granite building with three-story central cellblock and two-story addition on each side. Central cupola with yellow weathervane. 12 chimneys. Green lawn with white picket fence. Man and woman at front gate; woman holding parasol. Man on lawn, pumping water into bucket. Guard on stairs at left, with rifle and bayonet. At bottom, yellow lettering outlined in black: in center, "NH. STATE. PRISON. / 1850"; at left, "R. DOW - WARDEN"; at right, "J.C. PILLSBURY. / DEPy. WARDEN". Inscription on reverse, lower right, in black paint, underscored: "PAINTED / BY HP Moore, / Dec, 26 1850". In mid-19th-century mahogany veneer frame.
- Material:
- Textile
Canvas
Masonite - Dimensions:
- H-22.8 W-28.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Collection of Robert Bishop, New York, NY
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase, Katharine Prentis Murphy Fund
- Subjects:
- Fence, Parasol, Prison facilities, Prisons, State Prison, Weathervane, Well
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