Category: NH State House

• Gen. John Adams Dix (State House)

  

  A nine-foot-tall portrait of NH native John A. Dix, who, as President Buchanan’s Secretary of the Treasury, set “the hearts of the people everywhere ablaze”… NEXT:  The famous “Shoot Him On the Spot” memo >> John Adams Dix (born in Boscawen, 1798) issued what the NY Herald called “the first command to shed blood that […]

  Marek

  12 November, 2012

  1860s, Boscawen, Civil War, Concord, John Adams Dix, NH State House, portraits

• Harriet Patience Dame (State House)

  

  From a portrait at the NH State House.

  Marek

  5 November, 2012

  1800-1899, 2nd NH, Civil War, Concord, Harriet Patience Dame, medicine, NH people, NH State House, North Barnstead, portraits, SOURCE=NH.gov

  civil war, harriet patience dame, medicine, nurse, state house

• Col. Joseph Cilley (State House)

  

  From a portrait at the NH State House.

  Marek

  4 November, 2012

  1800-1899, NH people, NH State House, Nottingham, portraits, War of 1812

• John Hale Statue (Concord)

  

  John P. Hale was a radical anti-slavery Republican during the Civil War.

  Marek

  27 October, 2012

  1800-1899, Concord, Dover, NH State House, politics, Rochester, statues

  anti-slavery, civil war, hale, john p. hale, republican, senator

• John Stark Statue (Concord)

  

  Sketching statues on the State House lawn today, I found myself drawn to Major General John Stark’s defiant stance beneath the falling maple leaves…

  Marek

  26 October, 2012

  1700-1799, Concord, John Stark, Londonderry, Manchester, NH State House, revolutionary era, statues

  bennington, bunker hill, concord, fall, John Stark, leaves, revolution, state house, statue

• Daniel Webster Statue (Concord)

  

  Sketch of the Daniel Webster statue in front of the NH State House:

  Marek

  14 September, 2012

  Concord, Daniel Webster, NH people, NH State House, politics, statues

  concord, Daniel Webster, history, nh, state house, statue

• State House Facade (Concord)

  

  Here’s a QUICK SKETCH of the State House East Facade, with special surprise reading… I just could not help but notice that, even though I’ve spent countless hours drawing in tons of churches and cathedrals, I have simply never before encountered an actual BIBLE READING MARATHON… until I sat down on the NH State House […]

  Marek

  8 September, 2012

  architecture, NH culture, NH State House, religion

  bible, facade, government, nh, porch, religion, state house