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Drawing

Title:
Harris Mills
Object Name:
Drawing
Object ID:
2006.051.28
Creator:
Schlesinger, Marian Cannon (1912-2017)
Date:
1973
Description:
Drawing of Harris Mills, Harrisville, NH, by Marian Cannon Schlesinger (1912-2017), 1973. Ink and wash on paper. Tree in left foreground with gray painted foliage and brown trunk. Stone wall in middle ground with gable-roofed, three-story building at right. Long, two-story building left with gable roof, square windows, and front tower with cupola. Both buildings painted in a pink wash. Signed twice, lower right, "Harrisville, NH / M Cannon S. / 1973", and on reverse, "Harrisville, N.H. / by M. CANNON S. / 1973".
Material:
Paper
Dimensions:
H-12.2 W-16.1 inches
Provenance:
The Marian Cannon Schlesinger Collection consists of 83 drawings of New Hampshire and Massachusetts textile mills painted by Mrs. Schlesinger between 1971 and 2001.
Credit Line:
Gift of Marian Cannon Schlesinger
Subjects:
Mills, Textile industry
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