Painting
- Title:
- Untitled
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 2004.043.032
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Place of Origin:
- Portsmouth, NH
- Date:
- circa 1900
- Description:
- Painting of sailing ship, design for bookplate for library of Fanny Pickering Heffenger of Portsmouth, NH, unidentified artist, c. 1900. Watercolor and pen and ink on illustration board. Wooden ship, full mast, flag on stern "ex Libris" riding on white-capped seas; plaque below water, supported by two mermen, reads: "FANNY-PICKERING-HEFFENGER / 'SAIL ON! SAIL ON, / AND ON''"; signature "M.S.W." in box in lower right corner; note on reverse: "This is the design I like;" ink, top center and partial paper tag "THE BUCHER ENGRAVING CO., / Columbus, Ohio / 2354". Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
Illustration Board - Dimensions:
- H-6.2 W-5.05 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:
- Ships
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