Drawing
- Title:
- Sherburne House - built before 1735
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 2004.043.267.021
- Place of Origin:
- Portsmouth, NH
- Date:
- 1900-1920
- Description:
- Drawing of Sherburne House, Portsmouth, NH, unidentified artist. Black ink on white card stock. Horizontal rectangle. Sketch of large four-story building with three-story sub building, flanked by trees. Additional buildings in background, and a city, across a river. "Sherburne House - built before 1735" along top, left. "Christian Shore" along bottom, left. On back "Built by Samuel Sherburne previous to 1735 on Christian Shore". 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, Trees, Houses, Townscapes
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