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Gift of Houghton Bulkeley, 1953.5.186 © 2001 The Connecticut Historical Society. This image ha ...
New Hartford.
Gift of Houghton Bulkeley, 1953.5.186 © 2001 The Connecticut Historical Society. This image has been edited in Photoshop to enhance the pencil drawing, and make it more visible.

New Hartford.

Artist (American, 1798 - 1885)
Date1835
MediumDrawing; pencil on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 7 1/16 x 9 7/16in. (18 x 24cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Houghton Bulkeley
Object number1953.5.186
DescriptionView of New Hartford from the Albany Post Road, later Route 44. The road is lined with fences, with "low land" on the left. The "Brick" Congregational Church is on the right. Houses and other buildings are to the left. Barber identifies the mountain in the background as Bare Spot Mountain; it is also known as Jones Mountain. Notes indicated that it is "all wooded interspersed with pine and hemlock."
NotesSubject Note: Preliminary drawing for Connecticut Historical Collections, John Warner Barber, New Haven, 1836.
Status
Not on view
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