East view of Avon.
ArtistDrawn by
John Warner Barber
(American, 1798 - 1885)
Date1834
MediumDrawing; pencil on paper
DimensionsSheet (height x width): 6 5/16 x 7 7/8in. (16 x 20cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Houghton Bulkeley
DescriptionView of Avon from Talcott Mountain, looking West. The road running obliquely from the left corner is the Albany Post Road, later Route 44. The large church with a spire is the Congregational Church and is so labeled. A building to its left, without a steeple, is labeled "Baptist Ch[urch." A third building is labeled "Canal House." The [Farmington "Canal" and the "Farmington R[iver" are also indicated but not clearly visible. A figure of the man in the foreground is probably a self-portrait of the artist sketching
Object number1953.5.3
NotesSubject Note: Preliminary drawing for Connecticut Historical Collections, John Warner Barber, New Haven, 1836. The drawing corresponds closely to the wood engraving published in Barber's Historical Collections of Connecticut.On View
Not on view
