Print, Photographic
- Title:
- A Bridge of Gold
- Object Name:
- Print, Photographic
- Object ID:
- 2022.007.250
- Creator:
- Sawyer, Charles H. (1868-1954)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1920-1940
- Description:
- Hand-painted photograph of "A Bridge of Gold," by Charles H. Sawyer (1868-1954), Concord, NH. Oil and watercolor on black and white print. Night view of lake or ocean beach with waves rolling in; hills on far side of water; dark purple clouds filtering full moon, reflected in the water. Photograph is adhered to depressed area on wheat-colored mat. Titled "A Bridge of Gold" in brown ink below photograph, left. Signed "Sawyer" in brown ink below photograph, right. Framed. Brown backing paper, not original, with printed label in top right corner: "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."
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-9.5 W-7.2 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:
- Moonlight, Seascape photographs, Waves, Ocean, Night photographs
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