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
Not on view