Drawing
- Title:
- Jail - 1782
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 2004.043.267.13
- Place of Origin:
- Portsmouth, NH
- Date:
- 1900-1920
- Description:
- Drawing of 1782 Jail, Portsmouth, NH, unidentified artist. Black ink on white card stock. Horizontal rectangle. Sketch of three-story building, with three chimneys, surrounded by fences flanked by trees, and smaller building on left. "Jail - 1782" in upper left. Written at top on back "First jail on glebe land built in 1699. 14 x 30 ft. built of heavy logs. Next built 1759 burned 1781. This jail built next year." Signed "D Vaughan" on reverse, bottom right.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-3.6 W-5.6 inches
- Provenance:
- One of a group of 32 postcard-size ink drawings of Portsmouth, NH, buildings by an unidentified artist. From collection of Dr. Dorothy M. Vaughan (1904-2004), preservationist and collector of Portsmouth, NH, artifacts.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Dr. Dorothy Mansfield Vaughan
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