Engraving
- Title:
- White Island Light. / Laighton's Grave.
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 2004.502.055
- Date:
- circa 1874
- Description:
- Engraving (p.666). "WHITE ISLAND LIGHT." Horizontal rectangle on vertical sheet. Black ink on paper. Lighthouse with two-story keeper's house connected by covered walkway to a one-story hexagonal building. One-story boathouse with boat ramp and rowboat below keeper's house. Rocky ground in foreground. Ocean with distant, large sailboats in background.
Engraving (p.665). "LAIGHTON'S GRAVE." Vertical rectangle on vertical sheet. Black ink on paper. Stone monument with star and shield. Shield engraved "HON. HENRY B. LAIGHTON DIED MAY 18 1865 A E. 61.". Low, leafy bushes behind the monument. - Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-10 W-6.4 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Laighton, Henry B. ( -1865)
- Subjects:
- Islands, Lighthouses, Lighthouse keepers, Rowboats
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