Print, Photographic

Title:

Newfound Lake

Object Name:

Print, Photographic

Object ID:

2022.007.150

Creator:

Sawyer, Charles H. (1868-1954)Artist

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

1940-1950

Description:

Hand-painted photograph of Newfound Lake, NH, by Charles H. Sawyer (1868-1954), Concord, NH. Oil and watercolor on black and white print. View of blue Newfound Lake looking north from dirt road along west shore; rock ledges on left and stone wall on right; birch trees on each side of road; autumn foliage; 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, imprinted "The Sawyer Pictures / Concord, N. H." within triangle in bottom right corner; printed paper label, lower left: "Newfound Lake / Who from living things / Dost love to 'scape to that beatitude / Which from converse with secret nature springs, / Fly to this green and shady solitude, / High hills, blue lakes, and everlasting woods. / - Harry Hibbard / THE SAWYER PICTURES. / Concord, New Hampshire." One of three prints from same negative.

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:

Newfound Lake, Birch trees, Autumn, Stone walls, Ledges