Print, Photographic
- Title:
- Pilgrim Mothers
- Object Name:
- Print, Photographic
- Object ID:
- 2022.007.058
- Creator:
- Sawyer, Charles H. (1868-1954)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1930-1940
- Description:
- Hand-painted photograph of Pilgrim Mothers, by Charles H. Sawyer (1868-1954), Concord, NH. Oil and watercolor on black and white print. Interior scene of two women seated by fireplace. 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, "Pilgrim Mothers". 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 right corner. Original brass hanger on back. In original cardboard box covered with black paper with gold design.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-3 W-2 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:
- Pilgrims, Fireplaces, Hearths
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