Chocorua's Curse

Archive

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Museum of the White Mountains

Name/Title

Chocorua's Curse

Entry/Object ID

MWM2010.0001.1709

Scope and Content

Black and white lithograph of a scene from the story about Chocorua's Curse. The image was originally titled "Chocorua's Death," and it was created by Thomas Cole. It was engraved by George W. Hatch and was published by S.G. Goodrich. The image depicts the scene between a townsman and the Native American, Chocorua. Chocorua is crouching down, cursing the mountain to be bare on top.

Collection

Dan Noel Collection

Acquisition

Accession

MWM2010.0001

Source or Donor

Dan Noel

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Dan Noel

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Lithograph

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Planographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Print

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Legends, Myths, Nature, Stories

Search Terms

Chocorua, Mount (Carroll county, New Hampshire : peak), Curses, Native Americans

Archive Details

Creator

Hatch, George W., Cole, Thomas

Date(s) of Creation

1828 - 1829

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: 1828-1829 Date(s) Assembled: 1828-1829

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

5.25 x 4.25

General Notes

Note

Notes: More information about the Legend of Chocorua can be found in this article found in the link below. Mayo, Lawrence Shaw. 1946. "The History of the Legend of Chocorua." The New England Quarterly. 19.3: 302 -314. http://www.jstor.org/stable/361968?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents Status By: Enman, Rebecca Status Date: 2021-03-12 Scan ID#: WM201600271 UDF03: NHHN EXPORT