The Jacob Wendell House, Portsmouth, New Hampshire 1958

Curator: Stow Wengenroth's lithograph, "The Jacob Wendell House, Portsmouth, New Hampshire," presents a detailed rendering of early American architecture. Editor: It’s striking—a serene, almost ghostly stillness. The house feels both present and like a fading memory. Curator: Wengenroth was known for his meticulous technique. Consider the laborious process of creating lithographic prints and how that translates to the precise detail captured in the building's structure, its clapboard siding, and the surrounding foliage. Editor: Absolutely, and look at how the shadows play. It gives depth, but also hints at something hidden, a life lived within those walls that we can only imagine. Curator: Indeed. The print itself serves as a material record of a specific time and place, reflective of a particular mode of production and consumption of images. Editor: It makes me think about everyone who has passed through that doorway over the years. Curator: A testament to enduring craft. Editor: And a lovely, lingering echo.