Print, Photographic
- Title:
- Mount Chocorua & Lake
- Object Name:
- Print, Photographic
- Object ID:
- 2022.007.109
- Creator:
- Sawyer, Charles H. (1868-1954)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1950-1970
- Description:
- Hand-painted photograph of Mount Chocorua, NH, by Charles H. Sawyer (1868-1954), Concord, NH. Oil and watercolor on black and white print; lacquered. View of Mount Chocorua from grassy field bordered by stone wall; Chocorua Lake and birch trees on left; tree with autumn foliage on right, in front of tall pine trees; blue sky with white and pink clouds. No mat. Signed "Sawyer" in white ink on photograph, lower right. Framed, without glass. Original brown backing paper, with printed paper label, lower right: "HAND COLORED / NOTICE / This picture has been lacquered to preserve / the colors. It may be cleaned by wiping / off with a damp cloth and then with a clean dry cloth to polish. / THE SAWYER PICTURES / CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE"; titled "Mount Chocorua & Lake" in brown ink above label. One of two prints from same negative.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-6 W-10 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:
- Mount Chocorua, Chocorua Lake, Birch trees, Stone walls
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