Drawing

Title:

En Route for Conway Corner

Object Name:

Drawing

Object ID:

1992.031.17

Creator:

Unknown

Date:

1875

Description:

Drawing #17 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 of nine people traveling on road to Conway. Two women and a man on horses lead the group, followed by six people in orange wagon pulled by four horses. Mountains in background, including Mount Kearsarge North. Vertical orange crayon lines define edges of scene. Pencil inscription at bottom, "Lillie on Topsy - Lulu on Gipsy - Ned on the Big Bay. Cousin Ida Mrs. D. Coz Hellen - Jenny and George in the big waggon - with Charlie and Billy and Tigre & Dick - / En Route for Conway Corner. Sept. 17th 1875 Friday afternoon".

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-3.75 W-13.5 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, Carriages & coaches, Horseback riding