Drawing

Title:

Walking on the rails at India Point

Object Name:

Drawing

Object ID:

1992.031.21

Creator:

Unknown

Date:

1875

Description:

Final drawing (#21) 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 four women and two men with luggage on platform at India Point railroad station in Providence, RI. One trunk marked "Jennie A. Sprague / New York." Vertical orange crayon lines define edges of scene. Pencil inscription at bottom, "Lulu Lillie & Ned walking on the rails at 'India Point.' Cousin Ida, George, & Cousin Hellen watching us. Ned with umbrella in one hand and box of chess in the other."

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-3.75 W-12.5 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, Railroad stations, Railroad platforms, Umbrellas, Luggage, Trunks, Railroad tracks