Print, Photographic
- Title:
- The Sugar Berth
- Object Name:
- Print, Photographic
- Object ID:
- 2022.007.137
- Creator:
- Sawyer, Charles H. (1868-1954)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1940-1950
- Description:
- Hand-painted photograph of "The Sugar Berth," by Charles H. Sawyer (1868-1954), Concord, NH. Oil and watercolor on black and white print. Maple sugaring scene with pair of yoked oxen pulling barrel on sled through snow; large maple tree on left with four tin pails hanging on trunk; green trees in distance; blue sky with pink and yellow clouds. No mat. Signed "Sawyer" in black ink on photograph, lower right. Imprinted "COPYRIGHT, 1905[?] BY CHARLES H. SAWYER" on photograph, bottom left. Framed. Brown backing paper, titled "The Sugar Berth" in pencil in center.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-7 W-9 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:
- Maple sugar industry, Oxen, Sleds and sleighs, Sunsets, Snow
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