Etching
- Title:
- The Old Man of the Mountains, Franconia Notch, N.H.
- Object Name:
- Etching
- Object ID:
- 2012.055.16
- Creator:
- Keyworth, William Gordon (1927-2017)
Artist - Date:
- 1973
- Description:
- Etching of Old Man of the Mountain, Franconia Notch, NH, by William Gordon Keyworth (1927-2017), 1973. Ink on paper. Vertical format. Imprinted, lower right: "THE OLD MAN / OF THE MOUNTAINS / FRANCONIA NOTCH, N.H. / Ancient Indian idol, long / before White men found it in / 1800. The profile was created in / the Ice Age, millions of years ago. Chin / to top of head: 48 feet. 1200 feet above the / Profile Lake. 3200 feet above Sea Level." Imprinted "© W.G. KEYWORTH '73", lower left.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-14 W-11 cm
- Provenance:
- One of 15 etchings of New Hampshire covered bridges given to the donor by the artist. The donor worked at Keyworth Graphics, the artist's business in Plymouth, NH. The etchings were published in "The Covered Bridges of New Hampshire," by William Gordon Keyworth, 1973.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Constance A. Ketchum
- Subjects:
- Etchings, Old Man of the Mountain
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