Gift of Lynne Lumsden in honor of Arthur J. Lumsden, President Greater Hartford Chamber of Commerce (1956-1981), 2014.182.1, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Copyright undetermined
Arthur J. Lumsden commissioned this work. The U.S. Copyright Office states, "If a work is made for hire, the employer or the party that specially ordered or commissioned that work is the initial owner of the copyright in the work unless the employer or the commissioning party has signed a written agreement to the contrary with the work's creator." There is no information about the original commission agreement, so the copyright holder's identity is unknown (it would be either Robert Templeton or the Hartford Chamber of Commerce, presumably). In the object file for 2014.183.0, which is the watercolor painting of this scene, there is a letter from the Metro Hartford Alliance and the Hartford Chamber of Commerce that purportedly transfers the copyright to the Connecticut Historical Society, but the copyright is only "for the sole purpose of the Society displaying the printing," which is not a legitimate transfer of copyright.