Etching
- Title:
- Old Toll Bridge
- Object Name:
- Etching
- Object ID:
- 2007.002
- Creator:
- Hassam, Childe (1859-1935)
- Date:
- 1915
- Description:
- Etching, Old Toll Bridge, Squamscott River, Stratham-Newfields, NH, by Childe Hassam (1859-1935), 1915. Ink on paper. Wooden drawbridge with two tall timber frames above, chains for lifting the two bridge sections, and stone abutments. River in right foreground. Imprinted on image, lower left, "Stratham / CH [in circle] / 1915". Signed in pencil below image, lower right, "CH [in circle] imp". Early 20th century paper label on backing paper: "OLD TOLL BRIDGE / Original Etching / by / CHILDE HASSAM / THE MILCH GALLERIES / AMERICAN PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURE / FINE ETCHINGS / ARTISTIC FRAMING / 108 WEST 57TH STREET / NEW YORK". Matted and framed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-7.5 W-6 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase, Katharine Prentis Murphy Fund
- People:
- Hassam, Childe (1859-1935)
- Subjects:
- Bridges, Toll bridges, Drawbridges
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