Print, Photographic
- Title:
- Lake Morey
- Object Name:
- Print, Photographic
- Object ID:
- 2022.007.141
- Creator:
- Sawyer, Charles H. (1868-1954)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1940-1950
- Description:
- Hand-painted photograph of Lake Morey, Vermont, by Charles H. Sawyer (1868-1954), Concord, NH. Oil and watercolor on black and white print. View of blue Lake Morey with pine trees in right foreground; blue mountains in distance; blue sky with white and pink clouds, reflected in lake. Signed "Sawyer" in white ink on photograph, lower right. No mat. Framed. Original brown backing paper with printed paper label adhered at bottom: "Lake of the Northland! keep thy dower / Of beauty still, and while above / Thy solemn mountains speak of power, / Be thou the mirror of God's love. / John Greenleaf Whittier. / THE SAWYER PICTURES. / CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE". Titled "Lake Morey." in typescript at top of label.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-7.5 W-9.75 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:
- Lake Morey, VT, Lakes & ponds, Pine trees
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