Print, Photographic
- Title:
- Old Winchester Bridge
- Object Name:
- Print, Photographic
- Object ID:
- 2022.007.020
- Creator:
- Sawyer, Charles H. (1868-1954)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1930-1940
- Description:
- Hand-painted photograph of Ashuelot Covered Bridge, Winchester, NH, by Charles H. Sawyer (1868-1954), Concord, NH. Oil and watercolor on black and white print. View of white covered bridge with red roof, reflected in river; blue sky with pink clouds. Photograph is adhered to larger piece of brown paper, creating a 0.1" border. Brown paper is adhered to off-white mat. Titled "Old Winchester Bridge" in brown ink below photograph, left. Signed "Sawyer" in brown ink below photograph, right. Framed. Original brown paper on back of frame, imprinted "The Sawyer Pictures / Concord, N. H." within triangle in bottom right corner. Pencil inscription on backing paper: "Gladys Towle Collection / Auction 8-29-96". One of two prints from same negative.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-3 W-4 inches
- Provenance:
- One of 260 framed Charles H. Sawyer photographs collected and donated by John Douglas Peters and Christine Kay Consales.
This photograph was sold at the auction of the Gladys Towle Collection, August 29, 1996. Gladys Towle was a head colorist for Sawyer Pictures. - Credit Line:
- John Douglas Peters and Christine Kay Consales: Charles Henry Sawyer Collection of Hand-Painted Photographs
- People:
- Sawyer, Charles H. (1868-1954)
- Subjects:
- Covered bridges
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