Print, Photographic
- Title:
- Penobscot River at Bucksport
- Object Name:
- Print, Photographic
- Object ID:
- 2022.007.221
- Creator:
- Sawyer, Charles H. (1868-1954)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1940-1950
- Description:
- Hand-painted photograph of Penobscot River at Bucksport, Maine, by Charles H. Sawyer (1868-1954), Concord, NH. Oil and watercolor on black and white print. View of two-masted sailboat on Penobscot River; suspension bridge in distance on left; large stone building (Fort Knox) on far side of river, right; blue sky with white and pink clouds, reflected in river. Signed "Sawyer" in white ink on photograph, lower right. No mat. Framed. Brown backing paper, titled "PENOBSCOT RIVER / AT BUCKSPORT" in black ink, center.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-10.5 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:
- Penobscot River, Rivers, Sailboats, Suspension bridges, Forts & fortifications
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