Print, Photographic
- Title:
- Sunset on the Kennebec
- Object Name:
- Print, Photographic
- Object ID:
- 2022.007.253
- Creator:
- Sawyer, Charles H. (1868-1954)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1920-1940
- Description:
- Hand-painted photograph of Sunset on the Kennebec River, Maine, by Charles H. Sawyer (1868-1954), Concord, NH. Oil and watercolor on black and white print. View of Kennebec River at sunset, with gray dirt road in foreground, leading off to right; path and wooden fence along left side of road; trees with red foliage on each side of road; blue sky with pink and yellow clouds, reflected in the river. Photograph is adhered to depressed area on wheat-colored mat. Titled "Sunset on the Kennebec" in pencil below photograph, left. Signed "Sawyer" in pencil below photograph, right. Framed. Brown backing paper, not original, with no label or inscription.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-8.9 W-23 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:
- Kennebec River, ME, Rivers, Autumn, Dirt roads, Maples, Sunsets
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