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The Notch House, White Mountains.

Dateafter 1867

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 8 3/16 x 12 1/4in. (20.8 x 31.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 10 1/8 x 14 1/8in. (25.7 x 35.9cm)

Credit LineGift of Samuel St. John Morgan

DescriptionA frame building with many windows, steps leading to a door, and two large arched bays is at the right. A carriage is in one of the bays. Smoke issues from two brick chimneys. A pointed structure on the roof at the left may be a cupola over the portion of the building that serves as a barn. A covered pump is beside a tree in the right foreground. A man and a small child in the left foreground are on a path leading to the inn. Immediately in front of the building is a horse-drawn carriage with a single passenger. A man holds the horse by the bridle. A rail fence and a grassy field are at the left. Steep slopes in the background are covered with evergreen trees. Rocky crags and a rocky peak are in the distance.

Object number1955.15.19

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "THE NOTCH HOUSE, WHITE MOUNTAIN. / New Hampshire."
On verso, lower right, in pencil, accession number "No. 3". In black ink, "63980".NotesSubject Note: The Notch House in Crawford Notch in the White Mountains of New Hampshire was operated as an inn from 1829 to 1854. (Finlay 12/2/2003)

Source Note: The engraving by William Henry Bartlett on which this print was based was originally published in American Scenery by Nathaniel Parker Willis (1840).

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