Plaque
- Title:
- The Prentis Collection
- Object Name:
- Plaque
- Object ID:
- 1957.065.06.23
- Date:
- 1958
- Description:
- Brass plaque, formerly displayed at entrance to the Prentis Rooms at the New Hampshire Historical Society, 30 Park Street, Concord. Brass plate, 6.5" x 5.5", attached to mahogany panel with four brass screws. Engraved lettering within an engraved vertical rectangle: "This Prentis Collection / is presented to the / NEW HAMPSHIRE / HISTORICAL SOCIETY / in honor of / DAVID EDWARD MURPHY / (a citizen of Concord.N.H.) / by his widow / KATHARINE PRENTIS MURPHY / and / EDMUND ASTLEY PRENTIS". Engraved scrollwork border.
- Material:
- Metal
Brass
Wood
Mahogany - Dimensions:
- H-8.5 W-7.5 D-0.75 inches
- Provenance:
- Installed at entrance to Prentis Rooms, which opened 06/28/1958. Removed in 1983 when the rooms were dismantled.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Katharine Prentis Murphy and Edmund Astley Prentis Jr., in Memory of David Edward Murphy
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