Drawing
- Title:
- Mt. Washington
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 2014.048
- Creator:
- Swinnerton
- Place of Origin:
- Center Harbor, NH
- Date:
- circa 1930
- Description:
- Drawing of S.S. Mount Washington steamship on Lake Winnipesaukee. Crayon on white cotton canvas. White side-wheel steamship with black smokestack, American flag at stern, and three pennants; "MT. WASHINGTON" on side. Signed "SWINNERTON" in black ink, lower right. Stitched border. Unframed.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- H-30 W-41.75 inches
- Provenance:
- The Swinnerton family lived in Center Harbor, NH. Lester Batchelder Swinnerton (1902-1975) was the donor's grandfather.
The first S.S. Mount Washington operated until 1939, when it was destroyed by fire. - Credit Line:
- Gift of the family of Barbara and Ralph Greene
- Subjects:
- Steamships, Steamboats, Lake Winnipesaukee
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