Print, Photographic

Title:

Camel's Hump and the Winooski

Object Name:

Print, Photographic

Object ID:

2022.007.026

Creator:

Sawyer, Charles H. (1868-1954)Artist

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

1940-1950

Description:

Hand-painted photograph of Camel's Hump and Winooski River, Vermont, by Charles H. Sawyer (1868-1954), Concord, NH. Oil and watercolor on black and white print. View of Winooski River in foreground; trees and shrubs with autumn foliage in middle ground; blue Camel's Hump in distance; blue sky with pink and white clouds, reflected in river. Signed "Sawyer" in gray ink on photograph, lower right. No mat. Framed. Original brown paper on back of frame, stamped "THE SAWYER PICTURES / 55 Pleasant St. / Concord, N. H.", lower right. Printed paper label adhered to backing paper, bottom center: "CAMEL'S HUMP AND THE WINOOSKI / by Sawyer / It seems unbelievable that this river, placidly dimpling in the / sunset light, is the same that swept uncontrolled through Winooski / valley during the November flood of 1927. / Camel's Hump, also known as Couching Lion, is an impressive / mountain about mid way of the Long Trail of Vermont. / THE SAWYER PICTURES. / Concord, New Hampshire." Original brass hangers. One of three prints from same negative.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-9 W-13.5 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)

Subjects:

Camel's Hump, VT, Rivers, Mountains