Drawing
- Title:
- Untitled
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 1992.031.02
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Date:
- 1875
- Description:
- First drawing (panel #2) on continuous panoramic scroll depicting trip taken by a New York family to the White Mountains in September 1875. Pencil and watercolor and pastel crayon on paper on parchment. This scene depicts man on porch waving goodbye to group in orange horse-drawn wagon. Woman in carriage saying "Goodnight". Dog in front of horse. Mount Kearsarge North in right background. Vertical orange crayon lines define edges of scene. Pencil inscription at bottom, mostly unreadable, ending with "station"
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-3.75 W-7 inches
- Provenance:
- The tourists apparently stayed at Mrs. S. D. Pendexter's boarding house in Intervale and visited places in the general area, including North Conway, Pinkham Notch, Mount Kearsarge North, Fabyan's, and Crawford Notch, often on horseback, or in carriage of "S.D. Pendexter, N.C." Except for Jennie A. Sprague of New York, the tourists are identified by first name only. The scroll was apparently drawn by "Lillie" or "Lulu".
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- Lillie, Lulu, Pendexter, S. D., Sprague, Jennie A.
- Subjects:
- North Conway, NH, White Mountains, Mount Kearsarge (North), Tourists, Horses, Dogs
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