Print, Photographic

Title:

Shadow Patterns

Object Name:

Print, Photographic

Object ID:

2022.007.211

Creator:

Sawyer, Charles H. (1868-1954)Artist

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

1946

Description:

Hand-painted photograph of "Shadow Patterns," by Charles H. Sawyer (1868-1954), Concord, NH. Oil and watercolor on black and white print. Autumn scene with country road in foreground; deciduous trees on left; birch trees on right; blue sky with white and pink clouds. 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; titled "Shadow Patterns" in brown ink along edge of the triangle. Backing paper inscribed in pencil, lower right: "Rec'd by / Samuel and Annie Gerrish / on their / 50th Wedding Anniversary / in / March 1946".

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-10 W-13 inches

Provenance:

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

Given to Samuel Warren Gerrish (1870-1961) and Annie Marie Hoitt Gerrish (1874-1963) of Northwood, NH, for their 50th wedding anniversary in March 1946. They were married March 14, 1896, in Northwood.

Credit Line:

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

People:

Sawyer, Charles H. (1868-1954), Gerrish, Samuel W. (1870-1961)

Subjects:

Autumn, Roads, Birch trees, Anniversaries