Print, Photographic

Title:

The Flume Franconia Notch

Object Name:

Print, Photographic

Object ID:

2022.007.063

Creator:

Sawyer, Charles H. (1868-1954)Artist

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

1920-1940

Description:

Hand-painted photograph of The Flume, Franconia Notch, NH, by Charles H. Sawyer (1868-1954), Concord, NH. Oil and watercolor on black and white print. View of The Flume gorge looking upstream; wooden walkway on left; blue sky with white and pink clouds, reflected in river. Photograph is adhered to depressed area on wheat-colored mat. Titled "The Flume Franconia Notch" in brown ink below photograph, left. Signed "Sawyer" in brown ink below photograph, right. Framed. Brown paper on back frame, with printed label adhered at center: "THE FLUME / -by Sawyer / Of the several natural wonders of Franconia Notch, / New Hampshire, the Flume ranks high in favor of the touring / public. It is probably of earthquake origin, narrows to a width of / eleven feet in places, and is seventy feet deep. Discovered in / 1808, it has given pleasure to ever increasing numbers on moun- / tain sight-seers. / A companion picture is 'Indian Leap'. THE SAWYER PICTURES, / CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE". One of five prints from same negative.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-9.5 W-7 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:

Flume, Franconia Notch, Gorges