Print, Photographic
- Title:
- Gay Head, Martha's Vineyard
- Object Name:
- Print, Photographic
- Object ID:
- 2022.007.235
- Creator:
- Sawyer, Charles H. (1868-1954)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1940-1950
- Description:
- Hand-painted photograph of Gay Head, Martha's Vineyard, MA, by Charles H. Sawyer (1868-1954), Concord, NH. Oil and watercolor on black and white print. View of white and pink sea cliffs with sand beach and boulders in foreground; blue ocean with crashing surf; people walking on beach at right; lighthouse on top of white cliff; blue sky with pink clouds. Signed "Sawyer" in white ink on photograph, lower left. No mat. Framed. Original brown backing paper, titled "Gay Head, Martha's Vineyard" in brown ink, lower right; stamped "THE SAWYER PICTURES / CONCORD, N. H.", lower center; also stamped "PHILLIPS HARDWARE CO. / OAK BLUFFS, MASS.", upper center.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-12 W-20 inches
- Provenance:
- One of 260 framed Charles H. Sawyer photographs collected and donated by John Douglas Peters and Christine Kay Consales.
Originally sold by Phillips Hardware, Oak Bluffs, MA, on Martha's Vineyard. - Credit Line:
- John Douglas Peters and Christine Kay Consales: Charles Henry Sawyer Collection of Hand-Painted Photographs
- People:
- Sawyer, Charles H. (1868-1954)
- Subjects:
- Gay Head, Martha's Vineyard, Seascape photographs, Lighthouses, Cliffs, Beaches
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