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Drawing, View from Thompson's Hotel, North Conway, New Hampshire, August 1855

This is a Drawing. It was created by Daniel Huntington. It is dated August 1855 and we acquired it in 1942. Its medium is graphite, black and white crayon on pale green paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was bequest of Erskine Hewitt. It is credited Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

30.5 × 46.1 cm (12 × 18 1/8 in.)

It is signed

Signed in graphite with initials, lower right corner: DH

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left center: lower ledge –; lower right center: Humphreys ledge; lower right: from our window at Thompsons Hotel N. Conway / Aug – 55; below: 1873 – the / R.R. Station & Sq

Cite this object as

Drawing, View from Thompson's Hotel, North Conway, New Hampshire, August 1855; Daniel Huntington (American, 1816–1906); USA; graphite, black and white crayon on pale green paper; 30.5 × 46.1 cm (12 × 18 1/8 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1942-50-210

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