East view, Bridgeport.
ArtistDrawn by
John Warner Barber
(American, 1798 - 1885)
Date1834
MediumDrawing; pencil on paper
DimensionsSheet (height x width): 19 x 26in. (48.3 x 66cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Houghton Bulkeley
Object number1953.5.22
DescriptionView of Bridgeport skyline from across the harbor. The bridge across to the harbor is at the right. A single schooner is at the dock in the center. Inscriptions identify the "2d Congregational [Church 1830 erected," the "Baptist formerly Episcopal [Church erected 1801," the "High school house," "1st Congregational [Church erected 1803," "Episcopal Church erected 1836," "Methodist [Church erected 1822" and "Lyon Wright & Co. Saddlers" A detail of Lyon Wright Co. appears above the main drawing
NotesSubject Note: Preliminary drawing for Connecticut Historical Collections, John Warner Barber, New Haven, 1836.Status
Not on view
