Gift of Houghton Bulkeley, 1953.5.112 © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society. This image ha ...

Putnam Hill, Greenwich.

ArtistDrawn by John Warner Barber (American, 1798 - 1885)

Date1834

MediumDrawing; pencil on paper

DimensionsSheet (height x width): 7 1/2 x 7 7/8in. (19 x 20cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Houghton Bulkeley

Object number1953.5.112

DescriptionAt the right, a road leads across a causeway up a steep hill. A stagecoach is roughly indicated. At the top of the hill, a saltbox house and its outbuildings sit among trees. The slopes of the hill are rocky with scattered trees. In the foreground, a man sketching, possibly a self-portrait of the artist is roughly indicated, seated on a rock in front of a stone wall

NotesSubject Note: In 1779, General Israel Putnam descended this hill on horseback in order to escape the British troops. Preliminary drawing for Connecticut Historical Collections, John Warner Barber, New Haven, 1836.

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