Painting
- Title:
- Poplar Lawn / A Summer Retreat / at / Jackson, New Hampshire
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 2004.062
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Date:
- 1900-1910
- Description:
- Watercolor folder, 13" x 11", entitled on front, "Poplar Lawn / A Summer Retreat / at / Jackson, New Hampshire.", in decorative watercolor and ink script. Three small watercolor landscapes inside: one identified as "Mount Washington on a stormy night.", 2.3" x 5.5", viewed through cutout (1.25" x 3.6") in cover; one on inside of cover, identified as "The Montalban Ridge from Poplar Lawn", 1.7" x 6.4"; and one unidentified, 1.75" x 5.5", below verse. Verse in decorative script: "Your cozy home at 'Poplar Lawn' / In fancy oft I see - / The face of Old Mt. Washington, / Peeping thru clouds at me, / The varied shadows o'er the hills, / The sunlight over all, / It made a perfect picture, / That with pleasure I recall." Blue border on all three pages.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-12.8 W-10.9 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase, Katharine Prentis Murphy Fund
- Subjects:
- Montalban Ridge, Mount Washington, Poplar Lawn, White Mountains
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