Small painting in Harlow's "Portsmouth Doorways" series, depicting paneled front door with four-light transom window, fluted pilasters, and arched pediment, against a clapboard house with windows with green shutters; front steos and part of fence with posts surmounted by round finials.
Type of Painting
Panel
Artwork Details
Medium
Oil
Acquisition
Accession
2016.6
Acquisition Method
Gift
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Kenneth T. Pinhero
Made/Created
Artist
Harlow, Harry Merrick Sutton
Date made
1936 - 1945
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
Inscription
Location
Verso
Transcription
Rev. Samuel Langdon House & Parsonage (1749) / WAS ON Pleasant St, / Moved in March 1952 to / President of Harvard College, 1774
Type
Inscription
Location
Recto, Along the bottom edge
Transcription
• H.M.S. / HARLOW • • LANGDON • • 1749 •
Language
English
Material/Technique
Painted
Dimensions
Height
15-1/4 in
Width
11 in
Provenance
Notes
Acquired by the donor at auction held by Martin Willis, 95 Dow Highway, Eliot, Maine, on September 9, 1989, for $110"
