Drawing

Title:

Untitled

Object Name:

Drawing

Object ID:

1992.031.09

Creator:

Unknown

Date:

1875

Description:

Drawing #9 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 front of hotel or boarding house. Three women on porch: one reclining in hammock, one in rocking chair, and one standing. Girl on right end of porch, holding a long stick. Man and woman on horses, facing away from viewer. Fence and pasture in middle ground. Mountains in background, including Mount Kearsarge North on right. Vertical orange crayon lines define edges of scene. Pencil inscription at bottom, "Lulu, Cousin Ida, Cousin Hellen, and little girl watching Louie and Lillie. Thursday Sept. 9th 1875".

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, Mount Kearsarge (North), Horses, Horseback riding, Hotels, Boarding houses, Porches