Lithograph

Title:

Pemigewasset House, Plymouth, N.H.

Object Name:

Lithograph

Object ID:

2016.007

Creator:

Bufford, John H. (1810-1870) -- Lithographer; J. H. Cass & Son -- Retailer

Place of Origin:

Boston, MA

Date:

circa 1865

Description:

Lithograph of the Pemigewasset House, Plymouth, N.H. Ink and wash on paper. Side view of a white three-and-one-half story hotel in center. River on right. Locomotive on tracks between hotel and river. Four-horse stagecoach in foreground. Other carriages and wagons around hotel. Men and women walking and standing on grounds, and several on porches. Light brown wash applied to ground, trees, vehicles, and train. Blue wash on river and sky. Titled in lower margin, center: "PEMIGEWASSET HOUSE, PLYMOUTH, N.H. / Hiram Bell, Proprietor. / ON THE LINE OF THE BOSTON, CONCORD AND MONTREAL RAIL-ROAD, THE SHORTEST AND MOST DIRECT ROUTE TO THE FRANCONIA AND WHITE MOUNTAINS." Lower margin, left of title: "Cars leave for Lake Winnipesaukee, / in the morning, return in the afternoon. / Two trains daily to and from Boston." Lower margin, right of title: "Cars, and Stages, / leave for the Franconia, and / White Mountains daily." Signed, lower center, just below image: "J.H. BUFFORD'S LITH. 313 WASHINGTON ST. BOSTON."
Two printed advertisements attached to back of frame: one for Pemigewasset House and one for "J. H. CASS & SON, / MANUFACTURERS OF / Square and Oval, Picture, Looking-Glass, and Photograph / FRAMES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, / AND DEALERS IN / Engravings and Lithographs.... / Sales Rooms, 648 Washington St., Corner Oak St. / MANUFACTORY, 126 FEDERAL ST., COR. WILLIAMS ST. / BOSTON, MASS." Chestnut frame with gilded liner.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-17.625 W-23.5 inches

Provenance:

The Pemigewasset House was one of three hotels by that name existing in Plymouth between 1800 and 1958. The second Pemigewasset House was rebuilt and opened in August, after the Boston, Concord, and Montreal Railroad acquired the property. A sprawling frame structure, the hotel was a major stop on the railroad, serving passengers visiting the White Mountains. It burned in 1909 and was replaced in 1912 by the third hotel bearing that name. The lithograph was owned by John F. Page (1935-2012), collector and former director of the New Hampshire Historical Society.

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase, Katharine Prentis Murphy Fund

People:

Bufford, John H. (1810-1870)