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Drawing

Title:
Bow Street, Portsmouth
Object Name:
Drawing
Object ID:
2004.043.042
Creator:
Harris, Mary Aubin (1864-1952)
Place of Origin:
Portsmouth, NH
Date:
1880-1920
Description:
Landscape drawing of Bow Street, Portsmouth, by Mary Aubin Harris (1864-1952), 1880-1920. Charcoal crayon on illustration board. Streetscape with three story buildings with storefronts on right, story-and-half, cape-style homes on left, street fills center and foreground; two telephone poles, one on each side of street. Signed, lower right, "MH". Back of frame (discarded) was inscribed "D. M. Vaughan Bow Street - Portsmouth by Mary A. Harris". Unframed.
Material:
Paper
Illustration Board
Dimensions:
H-14.9 W-11.6 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:
Bow Street
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