Mirror, Wall
- Title:
- Lake George
- Object Name:
- Mirror, Wall
- Object ID:
- 2022.007.051
- Creator:
- Sawyer, Charles H. (1868-1954)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1931
- Description:
- Wall mirror with two hand-painted photographs (.051 and .099) by Charles H. Sawyer (1868-1954), Concord, NH. Horizontal rectangle. Mirror in center, flanked by photograph of Lake George (.051) on left and "Autumn's Temptation" (same negative as .099) on right. Oil and watercolor on black and white prints. Lake George: view of lake with birch trees on left; mountains in distance on right; blue sky with white and pink clouds, reflected in lake. Signed "Sawyer" in white ink on photograph, lower left. No mat. Original brown paper on back of frame, stamped "E. WINTER'S SONS, / BOOKS & STATIONERY, / 326 Wall St., Kingston, N. Y."; inscribed "Etta from / John / Dec. 25, 1931" in pencil, upper left. .051 is one of five prints from same negative. See 2022.007.099 for description of right-hand photograph.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-11.3 W-33.25 D-0.8 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:
- Birch trees, Lake George, NY, Lakes & ponds, Mirrors, Christmas presents
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