Still Image

"After Bresdin's Holy Family"

1962 / Harding, Dorothy Sturgis (1891-1978)

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An original, local Christmas card designed and inked by Dorothy Sturgis Harding. Features densely decorated scene of Sagamore Creek with Biblical references and Martine Cottage in background. Inspired by Rodolphe Bresdin's "The Holy Family" (1885).

~ Harding, Dorothy Sturgis (1891-1978), “"After Bresdin's Holy Family",” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed July 20, 2025, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/index.php/items/show/2084.