Print, Photographic

Title:

O'er the Marshland

Object Name:

Print, Photographic

Object ID:

2022.007.181

Creator:

Sawyer, Charles H. (1868-1954)Artist

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

1940-1950

Description:

Hand-painted photograph of "O'er the Marshland," York Beach, Maine, by Charles H. Sawyer (1868-1954), Concord, NH. Oil and watercolor on black and white print. View of saltwater marsh with pools of water and green grass; tall pine trees in middle ground on each side; blue sky with white and pink clouds, reflected in the water. 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 brown paper label in lower left corner: "O'ER THE MARSHLAND / by Sawyer / One of the numerous salt water marshes near York / Beach, Maine formed the setting for this quiet picture of solitude. / Nature is seemingly hushed to perfect silence and rendered in- / capable of the slightest movement under the spell of the sunset / hour. / THE SAWYER PICTURES, / CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE".

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-8 W-14 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:

Marshes, Pine trees, Sunsets