Engraving
- Title:
- View of Concord Granite Company's Quarries, Concord, New Hampshire
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 2021.029
- Creator:
- Graham, C.
Artist ; Wyand, GeorgeEngraver ; Asher & AdamsPrinter - Place of Origin:
- New York, NY
- Date:
- 1882
- Description:
- Engraving, titled "VIEW OF CONCORD GRANITE COMPANY'S QUARRIES, CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE." Depicts men, oxen, and horses working in quarry on Rattlesnake Hill in Concord, with three large derricks for moving granite blocks. Image printed at top of sheet, with lengthy text below. Image engraved "C. GRAHAM Del. / 1875" and "ASHER & ADAMS N.Y.", lower left. Engraved "G. Wyand Sc.", lower right. Reverse of sheet (page 132) features two manufacturing companies, in New London, CT, and Newark, NJ.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-18 W-24 inches
- Provenance:
- Published in "Illustrated Industries and Geography of America," page 131. Published by George H. Adams & Son, New York, NY, 1882.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- Subjects:
- Engravings, Granite quarrying, Quarries
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