Jewett City.
ArtistDrawn by
John Warner Barber
(American, 1798 - 1885)
Date1835
MediumDrawing; pencil on paper
DimensionsSheet (height x width): 7 1/16 x 10 1/4in. (18 x 26cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Houghton Bulkeley
Object number1953.5.144
DescriptionDistant view of Jewett City across "sandy" fields separated by "Virginia fence[s." "Rye" is growing in one of the fields. Industrial buildings and houses are densely clustered in the background. Three buildings are labeled "factory," one "church" and one "tavern." The factories are cotton mills. Jewett City, in the township of Griswold, was incorporated in 1895
NotesSubject Note: Preliminary drawing for Connecticut Historical Collections, John Warner Barber, New Haven, 1836.Status
Not on view
E. Z. Webster
