Print, Photographic
- Title:
- Untitled
- Object Name:
- Print, Photographic
- Object ID:
- 2022.007.218
- Creator:
- Sawyer, Charles H. (1868-1954)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Farmington, ME
- Date:
- 1905-1920
- Description:
- Hand-painted photograph of untitled pond scene, by Charles H. Sawyer (1868-1954), Farmington, Maine. Oil and watercolor on black and white print. Pond scene with birch trees on left; footbridge in distance; blue sky with white and pink clouds. Photograph is adhered to larger piece of tan paper, creating a 0.1" border. Tan paper is adhered to brown mat. Signed "Sawyer" in pencil below photograph, right. Framed. Original brown backing paper with printed label, lower left: "The Sawyer Pictures / HAND PAINTED / No. [15 in pencil] Price [2.50 in pencil] / STUDIO / Farmington, Maine". Backing paper inscribed "Ethel / from / Ben, Horace and Maynard" in brown ink, upper right.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-5.7 W-4.1 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:
- Ponds, Birch trees, Footbridges
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