Painting, theatrical backdrop, the Charter Oak
Date1856
MediumPainting; oil on canvas, mounted on two gilded pine poles
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 58 1/4 × 69 1/4in. (148 × 175.9cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of the heirs of Isaac W. Stuart
Object number1860.15.0
DescriptionTheatrical backdrop depicting the Charter Oak behind a white picket fence, with a path in the foreground and the Wyllys Mansion in the background. Painted for the play "Nathan Hale the Martyr Spy," which was performed at Wyatt's Theater on July 13, 1856, five weeks before the tree blew down.
NotesCondition note: Rolled in a tubeStatus
Not on view
late 19th century
