Sketchbook with Drawings of Northeastern Vermont.
DraftsmanDrawn by
Nelson Augustus Moore
American, 1824 - 1902
Datelate 19th-early 20th century
MediumGraphite on wove paper bound in sketchbook with paper covers sewn with black thread
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 5 1/4 x 7 1/2in. (13.3 x 19.1cm) or smaller
Sheet (height x width): 5 1/4 x 7 1/2in. (13.3 x 19.1cm)
Other (sketchbook cover height x width): 5 3/8 x 7 1/2in. (13.7 x 19.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 5 1/4 x 7 1/2in. (13.3 x 19.1cm)
Other (sketchbook cover height x width): 5 3/8 x 7 1/2in. (13.7 x 19.1cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionSketchbook includes drawings of scenes in northern Vermont and New Hampshire, with lakes, mountains, trees, and steep cliffs. An allegorical composition depicts an angel standing on a battlefield while the dead arise and ascend into heaven. Other drawings include a house with a picket fence, a kerosene lamp, a man wearing eyeglasses, and bulls and cows in a field.
Object number2004.52.218.1-.15
InscribedInside front cover, in pencil: upper left, "Distant mountains towards evening are of a purple hue...", lower right, accession number.Folio numbers are inscribed in pencil on each leaf at lower right.
On recto:
Folio 5recto, in pencil, "After the Battle".
Folio 8recto, upper left, in pencil, "The Chalange [sic]".
Folio 13recto, "Mozarts requiem".
On verso:
Folio 2verso, in pencil, "Willoughby".
Folio 3verso, in pencil, "Lafaette [sic]".
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