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Drawing

Title:
Massachusetts Mills
Object Name:
Drawing
Object ID:
2006.051.74
Creator:
Schlesinger, Marian Cannon (1912-2017)
Date:
1975
Description:
Drawing of Massachusetts Mills, Lowell, MA, by Marian Cannon Schlesinger (1912-2017), 1975. Ink on paper. Stone wall in foreground. Left, two-story, gable-roof building with arched windows, and a seven-story building with recessed central facade, flanked by two towers. Four-story building right foreground with cornice and arched windows. Smoke stack and two-story building middle ground next to a building in ruins. Signed lower right: "MCS / 1975". Pencil inscription on reverse, "100 A Lowell, Mass".
Material:
Paper
Dimensions:
H-11 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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