Print, Photographic
- Title:
- A Bridge of Flowers
- Object Name:
- Print, Photographic
- Object ID:
- 2022.007.004
- Creator:
- Sawyer, Charles H. (1868-1954)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1930-1940
- Description:
- Hand-painted photograph of "A Bridge of Flowers," Shelburne Falls, MA, by Charles H. Sawyer (1868-1954), Concord, NH. Oil and watercolor on black and white print. Concrete arch bridge with dense vegetation and flowers on top of it. Photograph is adhered to larger piece of brown paper, creating a 0.1" border. Brown paper is adhered to wheat-colored mat. Titled in brown ink below photograph, at left, "A Bridge of Flowers". Signed "Sawyer" in brown ink below photograph, right. Framed. Original brown paper on back of frame, imprinted "The Sawyer Pictures / Concord, N. H." within a triangle in bottom left corner. Original brass hanger on back. One of two prints from same negative.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-2 W-2.9 inches
- Provenance:
- One of 260 framed Charles H. Sawyer photographs collected and donated by John Douglas Peters and Christine Kay Consales.
- Credit Line:
- John Douglas Peters and Christine Kay Consales: Charles Henry Sawyer Collection of Hand-Painted Photographs
- People:
- Sawyer, Charles H. (1868-1954)
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