Drawing
- Title:
- Colonial State House 1758
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 2004.043.267.23
- Place of Origin:
- Portsmouth, NH
- Date:
- 1900-1920
- Description:
- Drawing of the Colonial State House, Portsmouth, NH, unidentified artist. Black ink on white card stock. Horizontal rectangle. Sketch of large three-story building with water pump in foreground, right. "Colonial State House 1758 Parade (now Market Square)" along top. "Old North Church" along side, left, indicating building in foreground along left edge. "Pump and Whipping Post" along bottom edge, right. 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, Townscapes, State houses, Churches, Pumps, Water pumps
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