Drawing

Title:

Lunch in the woods near Fabyan's

Object Name:

Drawing

Object ID:

1992.031.06

Creator:

Unknown

Date:

1875

Description:

Drawing #6 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 group having lunch in woods, with picnic table and baskets. Five men and seven women. Four women have baskets of food. Woman in foreground has plate on her lap. Man standing on stump saying, "100 years ago this was a howling wilderness!" Vertical orange crayon lines define edges of scene. Pencil inscription at bottom, "Sept. 7th. Lunch in the woods near Fabyan's ---- the stump [with] a sandwich in one hand ----".

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-3.75 W-8 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, Brooks, Tree stumps, Picnics, Picnic baskets