Drawing
- Title:
- Black Bass, Webster Lake
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 2015.025
- Place of Origin:
- Franklin, NH
- Date:
- 1879
- Description:
- Drawings of fish (one on each side of sheet). Black ink on brown cardboard.
Side A: Inscribed in black ink on fish, "Black Bass Webster Lake". Inscribed in black ink above fish, "Caught By Chas. W. Aiken / 15 July 1879 9 A.M. Weight 8 lbs 6 oz." Holes pricked around edge of fish and on fins and eye; apparently used as a template; accompanied by a note on a separate sheet of paper: "fish drawing from which andirons were made".
Side B: Inscribed in black ink on fish, "Black Bass, Webster Lake", repeated in pencil. Inscribed in black ink above fish, "Caught By J. B. Aiken / 14 July 1879 / 8 P.M. Weight 8 lbs 6 oz." No pricked holes match this fish; holes pricked from side A only. - Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-11.5 W-20.7 inches
- Provenance:
- Came with Aiken family papers.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Bruce Johnson
- People:
- Aiken, Charles W., Aiken, Jonas B.
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