Drawing
- Title:
- Lower Harbor
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 2004.043.267.17
- Place of Origin:
- Portsmouth, NH
- Date:
- 1900-1920
- Description:
- Drawing of Lower Harbor, Portsmouth, NH, unidentified artist. Black ink on white card stock. Horizontal rectangle. Sketch of bay and town (Newcastle), with Gerrish Island in background, upper left. Large sailing ship in distance before Gerrish Island. "Lower Harbor, Newcastle, Fort Point, Gerrish Island, The Sea" along bottom, left. 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, Islands, Ships, Sailing ships, Townscapes, Seascape drawings, Seascapes, Bays (Bodies of water)
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