Drawing
- Title:
- Fort Point Light House
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 2004.043.267.18
- Place of Origin:
- Portsmouth, NH
- Date:
- 1900-1920
- Description:
- Drawing of Fort Point Light, Newcastle, NH, unidentified artist. Black ink on white card stock. Horizontal rectangle. Sketch of large lighthouse on promontory, with a raised walkway leading to it. "First Fort Point Light Newcastle" along bottom, left. On back "wooden tower 150ft high - called Portsmouth Harbor Light before the Revolution", top. 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, Seascape drawings, Seascapes, Bays (Bodies of water)
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