Drawing

Title:

At Run Away Brook

Object Name:

Drawing

Object ID:

1992.031.05

Creator:

Unknown

Date:

1875

Description:

Drawing #5 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 drawing depicts scene in woods, with brook and small waterfall. Five women and three men, some standing and some seated. One man is holding flute. Girl, holding another girl's hand, has her hand in brook at waterfall. Vertical orange crayon lines define edges of scene. Pencil inscription at bottom, "Sept. 6th Monday morning - at Run Away Brook - Coz. H, Jenny, G.F., Lilly, Louie, Ida, Lulu, Ned".

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-3.75 W-8.5 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, Tourists, Forests, Boulders, Flutes, Waterfalls, Brooks