Gift of Houghton Bulkeley, 1953.5.152 © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society. This image ha ...

War office and Governor Trumbull house, Lebanon.

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

Date1835

MediumDrawing; pencil on paper

DimensionsSheet (height x width): 6 11/16 x 7 7/8in. (17 x 20cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Houghton Bulkeley

Object number1953.5.152

DescriptionSketches for engravings of the war office and Governor Trumbull house in Lebanon. The small gambrel-roofed building at the left is labeled: "War office / Council of safety met. This new addition / Post office." To the right of the war office is a "horse shed." The building on the right is the Governor Trumbull house and the above that a more detailed rendering of the same house. A note reads "2 Chimnies [illegible / Mrs. Mason."

NotesSubject Note: Preliminary drawing for Connecticut Historical Collections, John Warner Barber, New Haven, 1836.

Status

Not on view