Drawing
- Title:
- Council Chamber Benning Wentworth House - 1750
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 2004.043.267.26
- Place of Origin:
- Portsmouth, NH
- Date:
- 1900-1920
- Description:
- Drawing of the Council Chambers in the Benning Wentworth House, Portsmouth, NH, unidentified artist. Black ink on white card stock. Horizontal rectangle. Sketch of room, with large fireplace and ornate mantle, center. Several chairs line the walls. Glass window in right wall, with candelabras flanking a mirror. "1750" along top, left. "Council Chamber Benning Wentworth House - 1750" 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
- People:
- Wentworth, Benning (1696-1770)
- Subjects:
- Buildings, Doors and doorways, Fireplaces, Mantelpieces, Chairs, Windows, Candelabras
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