Drawing
- Title:
- Untitled
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 1992.031.14
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Date:
- 1875
- Description:
- Drawing #14 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 hotel bedroom with four women and two men. Man looking in at door, asking "May I come in here?" Man in chair, holding a pen and drawing, saying "Ain't it nice?" Vertical orange crayon lines define edges of scene. Pencil inscription at bottom, "Ned asking to come in to Lillie's and Lulu's room - George drawing - Lillie packing - Jennie sewing & Coz Hellen working on shawl strap. Lulu makes [Birch]-bark basket for George to get kitten home in. Sept. 15th Wednesday".
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-3.75 W-9.75 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, Hotels, Bedrooms
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