Drawing
- Title:
- Old North Meeting House 1712
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 2004.043.267.16
- Place of Origin:
- Portsmouth, NH
- Date:
- 1900-1920
- Description:
- Drawing of Old North Meeting House, Portsmouth, NH, unidentified artist. Black ink on white card stock. Vertical rectangle. Sketch of three-story building, with large church spire. Clock built into side of spire. People in foreground. "OLD NORTH MEETING HOUSE 1712" along top. "Parish dates from 1640" along bottom. Image surrounded by black border 0.1" from edges. 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
- Subjects:
- Buildings, Meetinghouses, Churches
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