Print, Photographic
- Title:
- Storm King Highway at the Highlands
- Object Name:
- Print, Photographic
- Object ID:
- 2022.007.225
- Creator:
- Sawyer, Charles H. (1868-1954)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1920-1940
- Description:
- Hand-painted photograph of Storm King Highway at the Highlands, NY, by Charles H. Sawyer (1868-1954), Concord, NH. Oil and watercolor on black and white print. View overlooking highway, railroad, and Hudson River, with cliffs of Storm King Mountain on left; Breakneck Ridge on right (east) side of river; trees with autumn foliage; blue sky with white and pink clouds, reflected in river. Photograph is adhered to depressed area on wheat-colored mat. Titled "Storm King Highway at the Highlands" in brown ink below photograph, left. Signed "Sawyer" in brown ink below photograph, right. Framed. Brown backing paper with retailer's stamped label in center: "ART SUPPLIES PICTURE FRAMING ART OBJECTS / COLONIAL SQUARE ART SHOP / 2420 MAIN STREET / STRATFORD, CONNECTICUT 06497 / PAINTINGS RESTORED JAMES V. LANDING".
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-6.6 W-13.5 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:
- Hudson River, Mountain roads, Railroads
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