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Painting

Title:
Strawbery Banke, Portsmouth, NH
Object Name:
Painting
Object ID:
2004.043.008
Creator:
Callahan, Phillip (1918-1991)
Place of Origin:
Portsmouth, NH
Date:
1941
Description:
Landscape painting of Strawbery Banke, Portsmouth, NH, by Phillip Callahan (1918-1991), 1941. Watercolor on paper. Piscataqua River, wharf, multi-storied buildings, and spire of St. John's Church. Signed and dated in black ink, lower left, "Callahan '41". Backing paper on reverse of frame, with stamped mark: "CHAS. O. MELOON / PICTURE FRAMER / ARCADIA BLDG. / PORTSMOUTH, N.H." and note, in pencil, by Dorothy Vaughan: "Strawberry Bank / Portsmouth, NH / by Phillip Callahan." Unframed.
Material:
Paper
Dimensions:
H-21.1 W-15 inches
Provenance:
From collection of Dr. Dorothy M. Vaughan (1904-2004), preservationist and collector of Portsmouth, N.H., artifacts.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Dr. Dorothy Mansfield Vaughan
Subjects:
Wharves
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