Painting

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

1971.028.25

Creator:

Roberts, Daniel C. (1841-1907)

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

1907

Description:

Watercolor painting of sailboats, by Rev. Daniel C. Roberts (1841-1907) of Concord, NH, presented to Augustus D. Ayling (1840-1918) along with a poem, 1907. Watercolor on heavy paper.Vertical rectangular sheet with view of sailboats on the ocean at sunset, within a circle, 4.5" diameter. Signed "D.C.R." at edge of circle, lower right. Coloring extends beyond bottom of circle.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-9 W-8 inches

Provenance:

Presented by Rev. Daniel Roberts to Augustus D. Ayling, along with a poem, in 1907. The typescript poem (in NHHS manuscript collection) is accompanied by a handwritten note from Rev. Roberts: "6 Court St. Concord N.H. / At the beginning of the strange New Year 1907 / My dear General. / I am neither an artist nor a poet, but I am not the only one, neither artist nor poet, that has tried to express feeling by some crude essay in one time or the other, or both. It is rash but real; both picture and poem lack finish but not feeling. / With affectionate regard / Yours cordially / Daniel C. Roberts." The poem is dedicated "To Major General Augustus D. Ayling, on his occupying his new home on Cape Cod."

Credit Line:

Gift of the Cape Cod Museum of History and Art

People:

Ayling, Augustus D. (1840-1918), Roberts, Daniel C. (1841-1907)

Subjects:

Sailing, Sailing ships, Sailboats, Oceans, Marine drawings, Marine paintings