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Drawing

Title:
Amoskeag Mills
Object Name:
Drawing
Object ID:
2006.051.40
Creator:
Schlesinger, Marian Cannon (1912-2017)
Date:
1976
Description:
Drawing of Amoskeag Mills, Manchester, NH, by Marian Cannon Schlesinger (1912-2017), 1976. ink and wash on paper. Brick building with two arched doorways and stone and brick facade; belt courses, blind arches with brick pilasters, and cornice supported by corbels. Signed lower right, "MCS - Manchester, N.H. / 1976". Paper label on reverse with ink inscription, " 48 Manchester, N.H / (since destroyed)".
Material:
Paper
Dimensions:
H-11.1 W-15 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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