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Title:
Jackson House, Portsmouth
Object Name:
Print
Object ID:
2004.043.261
Creator:
Lord, Dorothy Holmes
Date:
circa 1940
Description:
Print, landscape, of Jackson House, Portsmouth, NH, by Dorothy Holmes Lord. Linoleum block print on chain-laid paper. Two-story clapboard house with lean-to, adjacent to road, surrounded by split-rail fence; "1664" printed bottom, center; background of billowing clouds. Signed by artist, in pencil: "Jackson House, Portsmouth (lower left); "Dorothy Holmes Lord" (lower right); initial in lower right of print, "DHL". Unframed. Sheet actually flares in width at bottom due to unevenness of left and right edges. Handmade paper with deckle edge across bottom. Top edge is cut edge. Side edges have been folded and torn.
Material:
Paper
Dimensions:
H-7.2 W-9 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:
Jackson House
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