Print, Photographic

Title:

The Old Man of the Mountains

Object Name:

Print, Photographic

Object ID:

2022.007.057

Creator:

Sawyer, Charles H. (1868-1954)Artist

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

1940-1950

Description:

Hand-painted photograph of Old Man of the Mountain, by Charles H. Sawyer (1868-1954), Concord, NH. Oil and watercolor on black and white print. Close-up view of Old Man of the Mountain on Cannon Cliff, colored gray and pink; green and red trees below; blue sky with white and pink clouds. No mat. Signed "Sawyer" in white ink on photograph, lower right. Framed. Original brown paper on back of frame, imprinted "The Sawyer Pictures / Concord, N. H." in triangle in bottom right corner. Printed label adhered to backing paper: "The Old Man of the Mountains / Daniel Webster said, "Men hang out their signs indicative of / their respective trades; shoe makers hang out a gigantic shoe - / and the dentist hangs out a gold tooth; but up in the mountains of / New Hampshire, God Almighty has hung out a sign to show that / there he makes men." / This remarkable natural face is forty feet from brow to chin. / For untold centuries it has stood guard over Franconia Notch. / THE SAWYER PICTURES, / Concord, New Hampshire." One of four prints from same negative.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-13.8 W-10.5 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:

Old Man of the Mountain, Franconia Notch