Print, Photographic

Title:

Nordica's Birthplace

Object Name:

Print, Photographic

Object ID:

2022.007.117

Creator:

Sawyer, Charles H. (1868-1954)Artist

Place of Origin:

Farmington, ME

Date:

1905-1920

Description:

Hand-painted photograph of "Nordica's Birthplace," Farmington, Maine, by Charles H. Sawyer (1868-1954), Farmington, ME. Oil and watercolor on black and white print. View of white Cape Cod-style farmhouse with tall deciduous trees in front and stone wall on right. Photograph is adhered to larger piece of gray paper, creating a 0.1" border. Gray paper is adhered to wheat-colored mat. Titled "Nordica's Birthplace" in pencil below photograph, left. Signed "Sawyer" in pencil below photograph, right. Framed. Partial printed paper label adhered to backing board, top left: "[The] Sawyer Pictures / HAND PAINTED / Price [blank] / STUDIO / [Farmin]gton, Maine".

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-4 W-5 inches

Provenance:

One of 260 framed Charles H. Sawyer photographs collected and donated by John Douglas Peters and Christine Kay Consales.

The photograph depicts the birthplace of Lillian Allen Norton (1857-1914) in Farmington, Maine. Lillian Norton, better known as Madame Nordica or simply Nordica, was a famous opera singer from the 1870s until her death. Her birthplace is an historic site known as the Nordica Homestead.

Credit Line:

John Douglas Peters and Christine Kay Consales: Charles Henry Sawyer Collection of Hand-Painted Photographs

People:

Sawyer, Charles H. (1868-1954), Nordica, Lillian (1857-1914)

Subjects:

Nordica, Lillian, Opera singers, Historic buildings, Historic sites, Stone walls