Print, Photographic
- Title:
- Yosemite Falls
- Object Name:
- Print, Photographic
- Object ID:
- 2022.007.245
- Creator:
- Sawyer, Charles H. (1868-1954)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1940-1950
- Description:
- Hand-painted photograph of Yosemite Falls, CA, by Charles H. Sawyer (1868-1954), Concord, NH. Oil and watercolor on black and white print. View of Yosemite Falls dropping from high granite cliff; dirt road in foreground, with tall conifer trees on each side; blue sky with white and pink (now tan) clouds. Signed "Sawyer" in white ink on photograph, lower right. No mat. Framed. Original brown backing paper with printed label, bottom left: "The Sawyer Pictures / 55 Pleasant Street / CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE / No. [blank] Price [blank] / If it isn't a Sawyer Picture / it isn't the Best." Backing paper titled "Yosemite Falls" in red ink, lower left.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-13.75 W-6.75 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:
- Yosemite Valley, Waterfalls
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