Print, Photographic
- Title:
- Mt. Greylock of the Berkshires
- Object Name:
- Print, Photographic
- Object ID:
- 2022.007.236
- Creator:
- Sawyer, Charles H. (1868-1954)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1940-1950
- Description:
- Hand-painted photograph of Mount Greylock, MA, by Charles H. Sawyer (1868-1954), Concord, NH. Oil and watercolor on black and white print. View of long blue ridge of Mount Greylock; body of water in foreground, with green grass and purple plants; blue sky with white and pink clouds, reflected in the water. Signed "Sawyer" in white ink on photograph, lower right. No mat. Framed. Brown backing paper, not original. Fragment of original brown backing paper, 1.3" x 5.3", attached to newer paper; stamped "Mt. Greylock of the Berkshires / The Sawyer Pictures, Concord, N. H." Fragment also has partial printed label: "[The Sawyer Pictures / 55 Plea]sant Street / [CONCO]RD, NEW HAMPSHIRE / No. [12237 in pencil] Price [1X/9PRL in ink] / If it isn't a Sawyer Picture / it isn't the Best."
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-12 W-23.5 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:
- Mount Greylock, Berkshires, Lakes & ponds, Marshes
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