Gift of Houghton Bulkeley, 1953.5.24 © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society. This image has ...

Black Rock.

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

Date1835

MediumDrawing; pencil on paper

DimensionsSheet (height x width): 5 7/8 x 7 7/8in. (15 x 20cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Houghton Bulkeley

Object number1953.5.24

DescriptionView of the point of Black Rock at the mouth of Bridgeport Harbor. The community on the point, barely indicated in this drawing, was also known as Black Rock. A sailing vessel is at a wharf at the right and the spires of Bridgeport are faintly visible in the right background

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

Status

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