Engraving
- Title:
- The Warner House
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 2004.043.282.3
- Creator:
- Ladd, John T. (1912-1974)
Illustrator - Place of Origin:
- Portsmouth, NH
- Date:
- 1940-1950
- Description:
- Engraving of the Warner House doorway, Portsmouth, NH, by John T. Ladd (1912-1974). Ink on paper. Vertical rectangle. Imprinted "J.T.Ladd.", lower left. Image is on left side of folded sheet, with printed caption on right side: "THE WARNER HOUSE / This, the oldest brick edifice in Portsmouth, was built / by Capt. Archibald Macpheadris, a native of Scotland. The / house has the first lightning rod in New Hampshire; put up by / Benjamin Franklin. The odd house at the corner of Sheafe / and Chapel Streets, was the slaves quarters. Then too, the old / whale walk and the beautiful bonnet top doorway with the / original bulls-eye glass are most remarkable."
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-11.7 W-8.8 inches
- Provenance:
- From collection of Dr. Dorothy M. Vaughan (1904-2004), preservationist and collector of Portsmouth, N.H., artifacts.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Dr. Dorothy Mansfield Vaughan
- People:
- Vaughan, Dorothy M. (1904-2004)
- Subjects:
- Doorways
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