The Gate of the Notch of the White Mountains, with the Notch House

Collection Type

  • Art

GUSN

GUSN-199309

Description

Color lithograph with mountains and a building. A large central peak dominates the background with smaller hills on either side in the foreground with a notch carved out between them. A white house or hotel with a white rear building dominates the left foreground and a dead tree stump is in the right foreground. There are swirled clouds in the sky.

Details

Descriptive Terms

prints (visual works)
lithographs
ink
paper (fiber product)
wood (plant material)
Print

Inscription

"Framed at Goodspeed's Book Shop, Inc. 18 Beacon St. Boston Date___ No. ____ Artist ___ Title ____ Medium ___." (printed)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

P213

Maker

Sprague, Isaac, 1811-1895 (Delineator)
B.W. Thayer & Co. (Lithographer)
Goodspeed's Bookstore (Framer)

Dimensions

15 3/4 x 19 13/16 x 11/16 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.636

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