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Drawing

Title:
Boott Mill
Object Name:
Drawing
Object ID:
2006.051.69
Creator:
Schlesinger, Marian Cannon (1912-2017)
Date:
1981
Description:
Drawing of Boott Mill, Lowell, MA, by Marian Cannon Schlesinger (1912-2017), 1981. Ink and wash on paper. Brick five-story building on left with beltcourse, flat roof, stair tower, and rounded headers above windows. Two-story, orange, gable-roofed building to right. Three-story building with sloping roof, arched windows, and slightly rounded facade in background. Blue sky. Signed lower right: "M Cannon S / 1981". Ink and pencil inscription on reverse: " 79 A Lowell Lowell, / Mass."
Material:
Paper
Dimensions:
H-12.1 W-16 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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