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Collection of Morgan B. Brainard. Gift of Mrs. Morgan B. Brainard, 1963.611.12  Photograph by W…
Sign for Bement's Inn
Collection of Morgan B. Brainard. Gift of Mrs. Morgan B. Brainard, 1963.611.12 Photograph by Williamstown Art Conservation Center © 2009 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Sign for Bement's Inn

Original Owner (American, 1751 - 1836)
Dateabout 1786-1810
MediumPaint (traces remaining) on yellow or tulip poplar board, iron hardware
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width including hardware): 62 1/8 x 27 1/2in. (157.8 x 69.9cm)
Other (height x width of sign only): 55 7/8 x 27 1/2in. (141.9 x 69.9cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineCollection of Morgan B. Brainard. Gift of Mrs. Morgan B. Brainard
DescriptionImages: both sides display images of saddles on saddle blankets; the more elaborately ornamented saddle, on side 1, is a sidesaddle, with double horns to facilitate riding aside; no underlying images.
Construction: Single board with applied moldings; no structural frame. Board is oriented vertically and hand-sawn at top and bottom to create decorative pediment and skirt profiles. Applied moldings, mitered in corners, are nailed to front and back faces. Wood is Liriodendron tulipifera, yellow or tulip poplar, identified by analysis (Hoadley, March 2000).
Surface: Traces of original black paint survive on the lettering of one side; the Prussian blue visible on pediment and skirt may or may not be original.
Object number1961.63.12
NotesHistorical Note: Original location. Bement owned several properties in Wallingford; his tavern was probably located on his earliest acquistion, deeded 1780 and 1783: a one-acre house lot, near the church in the center of Wallingford, along the post road from Hartford to New Haven.
On View
On view
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Uriah Hayden
1762
Collection of Morgan B. Brainard. Gift of Mrs. Morgan B. Brainard, 1961.63.7 © 2008 The Connect…
Captain Aaron Bissell Sr.
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Benjamin Williams
1803-1826
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Richard Angell
1808
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Dr. Daniel Caulkins
probably about 1790s
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Edwin Hannah
about 1836
Collection of Morgan B. Brainard, Gift of Mrs. Morgan B. Brainard, 1961.63.51  © 2011 The Conne…
Asa Wightman
1815-1824